bereaved

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɪˈɹiːvd/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

bereaved (comparative more bereaved, superlative most bereaved)

  1. having suffered the death of a loved one
    Synonyms: distraught, griefful, grief-struck, heartsore, mournful; see also Thesaurus:agonized
    bereaved relatives
    • 2023 March 14, Caryn James, “John Wick: Chapter 4: 'Soars above most action films'”, in BBC‎[1]:
      Perversely, we love John Wick himself. That lethal, bereaved assassin is a good bad guy for our times, the natural extension of Tony Soprano, Walter White and all the other heroic antiheroes the culture has embraced.

Derived terms

Verb

bereaved

  1. simple past and past participle of bereave
    Synonym: bereft

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