[responsivevoice]bereft[responsivevoice] [ bih-reft ]
The word of the day is ‘bereft’.
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Lacking
2. Missing
3. Deprived of
4. Bereaved
1. It left her mute and stricken, bereft even of the power to curse him.
2. For a moment Nuttall was bereft of speech by such ingratitude
3. Her room was stark and bereft of colour
4. She rested supinely against him, as if bereft of any strength of body or of soul.
5. The knight’s words restored to him the courage of which Rosamund’s had bereft him..
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
beggared, bereaved, deprived, destitute, devoid, dispossessed, divested, fleeced, impoverished, left without, minus, shorn, stripped, without, deprived of, robbed of, denuded of, cut off from, parted from, lacking, free from, deficient in, sans etc.
full, happy
Quotation:
I’m in awe of the universe, but I don’t necessarily believe there’s an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance.
David Bowie
Social Example:
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