He was bereft of all hope.
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Bereft
/bəˈɹɛft/
Synonyms for "bereft" (92 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (27)
devoid ofdisadvantageddivesteddown at the heelempty offatherlessfleecedfor want offorlornforlorn ofghettoizedimpoverishedin default ofin needin ragsin wantin want ofindigentlacking
Verb(1 words)
Related words (46)
mendicantminusmissingmotherlessnecessitousneedingneedyon relieforphanorphanedout at elbowsout ofout of pocketparentlessparted frompauperizedpoverty strickenpoverty-strickenrobbed ofscant of
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shornshorn ofshortshort ofshyshy ofstarvelingstrippedstripped ofunblessed withunderprivilegedunpossessed ofvoicelessvoid ofwantingwidowed
Verb(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
void a form
Related word relations
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More general
7 entriesMore specific
14 entrieschild lossdeath related lossdesolatedespairingemptyforlorngriefhollowlonelymelancholyopportunity lossresource deprivationrights deprivationspousal loss
Collocations
11 entriesbereave a familybereave lifebereave of resourcesbereave someone ofbereaved familybereaved of hopebereft moodbereft sentimentbereft stateemotionally bereftmorally bereft
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- лишен adj (deprived of)
Czech
1 entries- zbavený m čeho adj (deprived of)
Finnish
2 entries- ilman adj (deprived of)
- osaton adj (deprived of)
French
1 entries- privé de adj (deprived of)
German
2 entries- beraubt adj (deprived of)
- verlassen adj (deprived of)
Icelandic
2 entries- svipta adj (deprived of)
- taka frá adj (deprived of)
Italian
2 entries- deprivato adj (deprived of)
- orbato adj (deprived of)
Latin
1 entries- orbus adj (deprived of)
Macedonian
1 entries- ли́шен adj (deprived of)
Māori
1 entries- tukaunga adj (deprived of)
Polish
1 entries- pozbawiony adj (deprived of)
Portuguese
2 entries- destituído adj (deprived of)
- privado adj (deprived of)
Russian
3 entries- лишённый adj (deprived of)
- ограбленный adj (deprived of)
- утративший adj (deprived of)
Spanish
4 entries- carente adj (deprived of)
- despojado adj (deprived of)
- desproveído adj (deprived of)
- desprovisto adj (deprived of)
Swedish
1 entries- berövad adj (deprived of)
Turkish
2 entries- mahrum adj (deprived of)
- yoksun adj (deprived of)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
She was bereft of all hope.
Source: tatoeba (309912)
Men who were bereft of reason conducted the war.
Source: tatoeba (325342)
There are four seasons to Heaven: spring, autumn, winter and summer. Winds, rains, hoarfrost and dew - none of them is bereft of educational implications.
Source: tatoeba (3284740)
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