[bɪˈrɛft], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- deprived of or lacking (something)
(e.g: her room was stark and bereft ofcolour)

- (of a person) sad and lonely, especially through someone's death or departure
(e.g: his death in 1990 left her bereft)


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Origin:
late 16th century: archaic past participle of bereave