Bereaved
[bɪ'rivd]
Definition
(noun.) a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved; 'the bereaved do not always need to be taken care of'.
(adj.) sorrowful through loss or deprivation; 'bereft of hope' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Bereave
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Examples
- They reached the spot where the bereaved husband stood: and stopped. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- For some seconds I dared not look the bereaved Professor in the face; he was the first to speak. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was a great augmentation of my uneasiness to be bereaved, at this eventful crisis, of the inestimable services of Miss Mills. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You spoke me fair; and, meantime, I will not say you _robbed_ me, but I am bereaved, and what I have lost, _you_, it seems, have won. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There is one in this tribe too often miserable--a child bereaved of both parents. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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