Synonyms of bereft

bereft

adjective

bi-ˈreft 

1

as in bereaved

suffering the death of a loved one

to one investigator, the bereft woman seemed to be taking the sudden death of her rich husband amazingly well

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bereaved
• grieving
• weeping
• unhappy
• mourning
• widowed
• sad
• distressed
• mournful
• crying
• upset
• suffering
• orphaned
• sorrowing
• melancholy
• wailing
• miserable
• lamenting
• bemoaning

2

as in devoid

utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected

a cheap motel completely bereft of all amenities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devoid
• void
• destitute
• bankrupt
• barren
• empty
• bare
• insufficient
• incomplete
• fragmentary
• blank
• absent
• wanting
• vacant
• deficient
• partial
• stark
• short
• innocent
• missing
• fragmental

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• full
• filled
• replete
• fraught
• provided
• rife
• flush
• furnished
• supplied
• saturated
• bursting
• brimming
• packed
• crowded
• chock-full
• stuffed
• loaded
• crammed
• fat
• jammed
• bulging
• thick
• teeming
• swarming
• jam-packed
• abounding
• thronging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bereft

In this market moment, very few index rally days are emphatic, no selloffs are fully bereft. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Meanwhile, Perez death has left her family and those close to her bereft. — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 3 Oct. 2026

Flores, bereft and angry, rejected the settlement offered by Oates’ insurance company and filed a wrongful death suit against the developer. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026

But the erstwhile nightlife entrepreneur hasn’t been emotionally bereft throughout his legal ordeal. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026

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