bereft

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of bereave

   “bereft of strength”

   “bereft of gorm”

adj

1. (not-comparable)Pained by the loss of someone.

   “I was utterly bereft in the months following my wife's death.”

   “[Oscar] Pistorius's punishment for killing her [Reeva Steenkamp] that night is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry.”

2. (not-comparable)Deprived of, stripped of, robbed of.

   “And there I strove, and there I clove through the drift of icy streams; / And there I fought, and there I sought for the pay-streak of my dreams. // So twenty years, with their hopes and fears and smiles and tears and such, / Went by and left me long bereft of hope of the Midas touch; […]”

   “This parrot is no more! It has ceased to be! It’s expired and gone to meet its maker! This is a late parrot! It’s a stiff! Bereft of life, it rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies!”

   “The hosts had not lost in 12 home European games but looked shaky at the back and bereft of attacking ideas, inviting Stoke forward for further opportunities.”

3. (not-comparable)Lacking, devoid of.