Definition of Bereaved

1. Noun. A person who has suffered the death of someone they loved. "The bereaved do not always need to be taken care of"

Exact synonyms: Bereaved Person
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul

2. Adjective. Sorrowful through loss or deprivation. "Bereft of hope"
Exact synonyms: Bereft, Grief-stricken, Grieving, Mourning, Sorrowing
Similar to: Sorrowful

Definition of Bereaved

1. Adjective. having suffered the death of a loved one ¹

2. Verb. (past of bereave) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bereaved

1. bereave [v] - See also: bereave

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bereaved

berborite
berborites
bercaries
bercary
berceau
berceaux
berceuse
berceuses
berdaches
berdash
berdashes
berdesinskiite
bere
bereave
bereaved (current term)
bereavement
bereavements
bereaven
bereaver
bereavers
bereaves
bereaving
berede
bereft
bereft of(p)
bereftness
beremeal
berend
beres

Literary usage of Bereaved

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1910)
"THE bereaved The moon within our casement beams, Our blue-eyed babe hath dropped to sleep, And I have left it to its dreams, Amid the shadows deep, ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1831)
"8vo, pp. 20. London: Rivington*, 1830. 5. Sketches of Genius, and other Poems. By D. Corkindale. 12mo. pp. lib'. London: Robins, 1831. 6. The bereaved ..."

3. The Little Book of American Poets, 1787-1900 by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse (1915)
"bereaved' LET me come in where you sit weeping, — aye, Let me, who have not any child to die, Weep with you for the little one whose love I have known ..."

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