bereaved
[adjective]
Synonyms: bereft

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Related Words: distressed, sorrowing

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

be‧reaved /bəˈriːvd, bɪˈriːvd/ adjective
[Language: Old English; Origin: bereafian, from reafian 'to rob']

1. having lost a close friend or relative because they have recently died:
a bereaved mother

2. the bereaved the person or people whose close friend or relative has just died:
Our sympathies go to the bereaved.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

bereaved
adj.
VERBS be
ADJ. newly, recently a recently bereaved family

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