bereft

American  

[bih-reft] / bɪˈrɛft /

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of bereave.

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adjective

1. deprived.

   They are bereft of their senses. He is bereft of all happiness.

bereft British  

/ bɪˈrɛft /

adjective

1. (usually foll by of) deprived; parted (from)

   bereft of hope

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Etymology

Origin of bereft

First recorded in 1525–35; be- + reft

Example Sentences

The narrator’s mother dies giving birth to his brother, and his father quickly remarries, leaving the narrator, only 10 years old, confused and bereft.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mill closures have left parts of the South bereft of buyers for the culled pulpwood.

From The Wall Street Journal

What Lululemon is missing, he suggested, is someone like himself: “A company bereft of a visionary loses its singular voice for product and long-term strategy.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Then they stood on the lawn, looking bereft.

From Los Angeles Times

When bereft, she even manages to sadly tip-tap her tiny feet up a staircase.

From Los Angeles Times