Bereaved

bereaved
    adj 1: sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope"
           [syn: {bereaved}, {bereft}, {grief-stricken}, {grieving},
           {mourning(a)}, {sorrowing(a)}]
    n 1: a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved;
         "the bereaved do not always need to be taken care of" [syn:
         {bereaved}, {bereaved person}]
    

bereaved \be*reaved"\ (b[-e]*r[=e]v"), adj.
   mourning due to the death of a loved one.

   Syn: bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(prenominal),
        sorrowing(prenominal).
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Bereave \Be*reave"\ (b[-e]*r[=e]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Bereaved} (b[-e]*r[=e]vd"), {Bereft} (b[-e]*r[e^]ft"); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Bereaving.}] [OE. bireven, AS. bere['a]fian.
   See {Be-}, and {Reave.}]
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   1. To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before
      the person or thing taken away.
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            Madam, you have bereft me of all words. --Shak.
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            Bereft of him who taught me how to sing. --Tickell.
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   2. To take away from. [Obs.]
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            All your interest in those territories
            Is utterly bereft you; all is lost.   --Shak.
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   3. To take away. [Obs.]
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            Shall move you to bereave my life.    --Marlowe.
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   Note: The imp. and past pple. form bereaved is not used in
         reference to immaterial objects. We say bereaved or
         bereft by death of a relative, bereft of hope and
         strength.
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   Syn: To dispossess; to divest.
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43 Moby Thesaurus words for "bereaved":
      beggared, beggarly, bereaved of, bereft, cut off, denuded,
      deprived, deprived of, disadvantaged, distressed, divested,
      fatherless, fleeced, ghettoized, impoverished, in need, in rags,
      in want, indigent, lacking, mendicant, minus, motherless,
      necessitous, needy, on relief, orphan, orphaned, out at elbows,
      out of, parentless, parted from, pauperized, poverty-stricken,
      robbed of, shorn of, sorrowing, starveling, stripped, stripped of,
      underprivileged, wanting, widowed