bereft
bereft
Definition
be·reft (-reft′)
transitive verb
adjective
- deprived, robbed, or devoid, as of life, hope, or happiness
- bereaved
bereft
Synonyms
bereft
modif.
bereft
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- idea: Yet despite their recent successes, the Left seem bereft of new ideas to promote union growth.
- anything: This rather unsympathetic course has left vast chunks of the country bereft of anything man-made that exceeds 3 score years.
- sense: On the other hand, England is also bereft of the sense of the sky.
- life: Pour down your tears, you watery regions, For mighty Locrine is bereft of life!
- hope: How often those words have been cried out from a soul bereft of hope.
- purpose: The brooding silence of a turned-off fountain, bereft of purpose, scraps of paper in its dusty basin.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- leave: The demolition of a rundown sports ground left local youth bereft of a place to hang out.
Modifying Another Word
- utterly: For some time the poor prince stood utterly bereft of speech.
- totally: Once the Conservative Party was totally bereft of ideology, they could be summarized by calling them the Popular Party.
- entirely: The whole thing is almost entirely bereft of any dramatic tension, whatsoever.
- completely: The Scholes ' blow is particularly damaging with United looking completely bereft of ideas in the month of his absence.
- so: The passing game which was so bereft thus far was starting to ask questions every time Tigers went forward.
- now: Humanity is now bereft, on its own, without a living symbol of the closest family of the Greatest Name.
Used with adjective complement
- feel: To my English gardening hands they feel bereft of any moisture or goodness.
- seem: Yet despite their recent successes, the Left seem bereft of new ideas to promote union growth.
- leave: Then when I was still a child, Annie died and Elsie was left bereft; they had been together for 63 years.
- look: The Scholes ' blow is particularly damaging with United looking completely bereft of ideas in the month of his absence.
- remain: Streets remained bereft of the jubilant crowds thronging Serbia.
- stand: For some time the poor prince stood utterly bereft of speech.
Modifies a noun
- parent: He failed in his efforts and his attention is entirely focused on the dignified but bereft parents.
