bereaved vs bereft
Definitions
noun
- a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved
adjective
- sorrowful through loss or deprivation
Examples
The bereaved are normally anxious for a speedy conclusion in these tragic cases.
A bereaved couple allow their dead son to be cloned by a sinister scientific institute in this clunking supernatural thriller.
His strong able-bodied cockswain did good service in cheerfully carrying his much-loved Commander, and they managed to return to the boat, and brought the two bereaved and sorrow-stricken ladies back to the “Pioneer.”
Definitions
adjective
- unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love
- sorrowful through loss or deprivation
Examples
Rather like Norwegian parrots, most are bereft of life.
We are now sanitized and correct, factual and precise, but tragically bereft of relationship.
A person bereft by permanent loss or separation feels this range of emotion multiplied many times.
