Usually means: Deprived or lacking something needed.
Definitions Related words Phrases (New!) Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 27 dictionaries that define the word bereft:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. bereft: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. bereft: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bereft: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bereft: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bereft: Vocabulary.com
  6. Bereft, bereft: Wordnik
  7. bereft: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. bereft: Wiktionary
  9. bereft: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. bereft: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Bereft, bereft: Dictionary.com
  12. bereft: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Bereft (film), Bereft (novel), Bereft, The Bereft: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Bereft: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. bereft: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. bereft: Rhymezone
  17. Bereft: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. bereft: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. bereft: Free Dictionary
  20. bereft: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. bereft: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  22. bereft: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. bereft: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bereft: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bereft: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See bereave as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (of a person) Pained by the loss of someone.
adjective:  Deprived of, stripped of, robbed of.
adjective:  Lacking, devoid of.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    gray,     black,     charcoal,     taupe,     sepia,     umber,     olive,     maroon,     indigo,     burgundy




Words similar to bereft

Usage examples for bereft

Idioms related to bereft

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular nouns described by bereft

Words that often appear near bereft

Rhymes of bereft

Invented words related to bereft

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    gray,     black,     charcoal,     taupe,     sepia,     umber,     olive,     maroon,     indigo,     burgundy



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!