Bereaved

//bɪˈɹiːvd//

Synonyms for "bereaved" (62 found)

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Closest matches (13)

bereft beggared beggarly bereaved of bereaved person cut off denuded deprived deprived of

Adjective(1 words)

Noun(1 words)

Adjective(1 words)

Verb(1 words)

Strong matches (18)

disadvantaged distressed divested down at the heel fatherless fleeced ghettoized grief stricken impoverished in need in rags in want

Adjective(4 words)

distraught grief-struck griefful heartsore

Adjective(2 words)

grief-stricken grieving

Related words (31)

indigent lacking mendicant minus motherless necessitous needy on relief orphan orphaned out at elbows out of parentless parted from pauperized poverty stricken poverty-stricken robbed of shorn shorn of

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sorrowing starveling stripped stripped of underprivileged wanting widowed

Adjective(2 words)

mournful tortured

Adjective(2 words)

mourning sorrowing

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3 entries

actor doer worker

Synonyms

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bereaved person bereft grief stricken

capable of

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need comforting

derived

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nonbereaved unbereaved

form of

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bereave

related to

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bereave loved one

similar

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sorrowful

Sample sentences

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The accident bereaved her of her husband.

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Mr Smith was bereaved of his wife.

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The accident bereaved her of her son.

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He was bereaved of his son.

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