Definitions for bereaved

bereaved be·reaved

Spelling: [bih-reevd]
IPA: /bɪˈrivd/

Bereaved is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 165 anagrams from letters in bereaved (abdeeerv).

Definitions for bereaved

noun

  1. a bereaved person or persons (usually preceded by the):

adjective

  1. (of a person) greatly saddened at being deprived by death of a loved one.

verb (used with object)

  1. to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of):
  2. to deprive ruthlessly or by force (usually followed by of):
  3. Obsolete. to take away by violence.

Origin of bereaved

1100-50; Middle English bireved, late Old English birēafod (past participle); see bereave, -ed2

Examples for bereaved

I listened to him and remembered an afternoon's visit to a bereaved mother.

Where was the beautiful friendship that had been the comfort, the prop of her bereaved life?

Therefore, like a bereaved mother, she only gave herself the more to her father.

Why not chat over a plate of humus with members of bereaved Families for Peace and Combatants for Peace?

bereaved mothers report overwhelmingly that they feel alone and unable to share their feelings of loss.

For a moment he felt as if Vere were bereaved, were motherless.

These short daily devotions help the bereaved feel less alone.

Giffords and bereaved parents, moving as they are, can't do that work.

This is an excellent book for the bereaved and for the un-bereaved who walk beside them.

And the lady blessed Evelyn, and felt that, if bereaved, she was not alone.

Word Value for bereaved
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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