Bereft comes from the past participle of bereave; Shakespeare uses the participle in The Merchant of Venice, when Bassanio tells Portia, "Madam, you have bereft me of all words."

It's the past tense of bereave, following the same pattern as leave and left. When you see your bereft relatives at a funeral, it's very sad, but if your friend says that their cookie is bereft of chocolate chips, …

Define bereft. bereft synonyms, bereft pronunciation, bereft translation, English dictionary definition of bereft. v. A past tense and a past participle of bereave. adj. 1. a. Deprived of something: They are …

BEREFT definition: a simple past tense and past participle of bereave. See examples of bereft used in a sentence.

Feeling sad and unhappy (Definition of bereft from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Definition of bereft adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

BEREFT meaning: 1 : sad because a family member or friend has died; 2 : not having (something that is needed, wanted, or expected)

Bereft definition: Suffering the death of a loved one; bereaved.

When a person or object is described as bereft, it implies a deep sense of emptiness or deprivation, often stemming from the absence of something that was once cherished or essential.

If a person or thing is bereft of something, they no longer have it. The place seemed to be utterly bereft of human life.