bereft of

bereft of (someone or something)

Completely lacking something. The children at the orphanage are bereft of any family members. After crying all day at the hospital, I was bereft of all emotion when I got home. It's just hard going through something like this while I'm studying abroad and bereft of my usual support system.

See also: bereft, of

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bereft of someone or something

left without someone or something. (Bereft is the past participle of bereave, functioning here as an adjective.) Tom was bereft of all hope. The child was bereft of his parents.

See also: bereft, of

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