bereft

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   sorrowful through loss or deprivation

   bereft of hope

2. 2
   verb

   simple past and past participle of bereave

   bereft of strength

3. 3
   adj

   Pained by the loss of someone.

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

4. 4
   adj

   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; […]

5. 5
   adj

   unhappy in love

6. 6
   adj

   Lacking, devoid of.

Etymology

From Middle English bireft, v. Middle English bireven. Synchronically a form of bereaved; compare leave and left.