as in grieving
suffering the death of a loved one
the grief of the bereaved parents seemed to be without limit
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or bereft
as in deprived
to take something away from
news of a death in the family bereaved them of the unmitigated joy that normally prevails at a wedding
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Recent Examples of bereaved
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
21 Apr. 2026
The government has rejected calls to give bereaved families more time to pay.
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Marc Shoffman,
TheWeek,
9 Apr. 2026
Delaney Rebernik,
Time,
11 Mar. 2026
But there would inevitably be some who insisted that the bereaved also join in the singing.
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Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Allison Lyman, the mother of Connor Lopez, 23, connected with other bereaved women to channel their sadness — and their rage over the light sentences in many vehicular homicide cases — into action.
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Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
21 Apr. 2026
The government has rejected calls to give bereaved families more time to pay.
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Marc Shoffman,
TheWeek,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
Edmonson even started a gifting service to support the newly bereaved at those weighty milestones throughout the first year of grief.
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Delaney Rebernik,
Time,
11 Mar. 2026
But there would inevitably be some who insisted that the bereaved also join in the singing.
—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bereaved
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Contributors have since raised over $120,000 of its $140,000 goal for the bereft family.
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My preference is Hunter Goodman for three pitchers for the pitching-bereft Rockies.
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The filing marks the latest legal clash between Hill and Murdaugh after the South Carolina Supreme Court threw out his murder convictions, finding Hill's conduct deprived him of his constitutional right to a fair trial.
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So the closure deprived the global market of between 10 and 20 million barrels per day — a wide range.
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Paromita, a widowed teacher, conceals her loneliness behind the cover of duty and routine, while Shefali, a working wife, hides her bruises beneath concealer and silence.
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Getting into spoilers, Naim and his widowed mother, Arlene (Mia Wasikowska), only recently moved to the small religious factory town that introduced Naim and Ryan.
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Abruptly, he was stripped of power, escorted out by guards and — in Soviet style — was written out of Columbia’s history.
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As Ars reported last week, AMD stripped the protection, known as TSME, from consumer Ryzen processors.
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“Bereaved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bereaved. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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