adj, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of bereave form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   having suffered the death of a loved one

   "bereaved relatives"

Adjective

1. 1
   sorrowful through loss or deprivation wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bereftagonisedbeggaredbeggarlybereaved ofbereaved person

Example

More examples

"The accident bereaved her of her husband."

Related phrases

loved one

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