bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning, sorrowing
(adjective) sorrowful through loss or deprivation; “bereft of hope”
bereft, lovelorn, unbeloved
(adjective) unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bereft
simple past tense and past participle of bereave
bereft (not comparable)
(of a person) Pained by the loss of someone.
Deprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*reft", imp. & p. p.
Definition: of Bereave.
Be*reave" (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bereaved (, Bereft (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bereaving.] Etym: [OE. bireven, AS. bereáfian. See Be-, and Reave.]
1. To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away. Madam, you have bereft me of all words. Shak. Bereft of him who taught me how to sing. Tickell.
2. To take away from. [Obs.] All your interest in those territories Is utterly bereft you; all is lost. Shak.
3. To take away. [Obs.] Shall move you to bereave my life. Marlowe.
Note: The imp. and past pple. form bereaved is not used in reference to immaterial objects. We say bereaved or bereft by death of a relative, bereft of hope and strength.
Syn.
– To dispossess; to divest.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 May 2025
(adjective) expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; “her amatory affairs”; “amorous glances”; “a romantic adventure”; “a romantic moonlight ride”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
