bereaved

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/bɪˈriːvd/ English

Definitions

verb

To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip; to benim.
To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
To deprive of power; prevent.
To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.“Death bereaved him of his wife.”

adjective

Having suffered the death of a loved one“bereaved relatives”

Related words

Synonyms

grief-stricken sorrowing sorrowful grieving mourning stricken afflicted troubled distressed devastated ill-fated doomed lost dead deceased missing

Associated

bereavement grief manslaughter mortuary inquest sorrow coping hospice relatives

Rhymes

aggrieved peeved perceived conceived heaved achieved received relieved grieved deceived

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