He was bereft of all hope.
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Bereft
//bəˈɹɛft//
Synonyms for "bereft" (79 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (39)
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Translations
44 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- лишен adj (pained by the loss of someone)
- лишен adj (deprived of)
Czech
3 entries- připravený o co adj (pained by the loss of someone)
- zbavený m čeho adj (deprived of)
- zbavený čeho adj (pained by the loss of someone)
Finnish
4 entries- ilman adj (deprived of)
- kaipaava adj (pained by the loss of someone)
- osaton adj (deprived of)
- sureva adj (pained by the loss of someone)
French
1 entries- privé de adj (deprived of)
German
3 entries- beraubt adj (deprived of)
- hinterblieben adj (pained by the loss of someone)
- verlassen adj (deprived of)
Icelandic
2 entries- svipta adj (deprived of)
- taka frá adj (deprived of)
Italian
3 entries- deprivato adj (pained by the loss of someone)
- deprivato adj (deprived of)
- orbato adj (deprived of)
Latin
2 entries- orbus adj (pained by the loss of someone)
- orbus adj (deprived of)
Macedonian
2 entries- ли́шен adj (pained by the loss of someone)
- ли́шен adj (deprived of)
Māori
1 entries- tukaunga adj (deprived of)
Polish
2 entries- osamotniony adj (pained by the loss of someone)
- pozbawiony adj (deprived of)
Portuguese
2 entries- destituído adj (deprived of)
- privado adj (deprived of)
Russian
4 entries- лишённый adj (pained by the loss of someone)
- лишённый adj (deprived of)
- ограбленный adj (deprived of)
- утративший adj (pained by the loss of someone)
Spanish
4 entries- afligido adj (pained by the loss of someone)
- carente adj (deprived of)
- despojado adj (deprived of)
- desproveído 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.
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Men who were bereft of reason conducted the war.
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There are four seasons to Heaven: spring, autumn, winter and summer. Winds, rains, hoarfrost and dew - none of them is bereft of educational implications.
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