Definizione monolingua

bereft

bereft

1. Simple past tense and past participle of bereave.

   bereft of strength - powerless

   bereft of gorm - in Yorkshire dialect - mindless one, idiot = gorm

bereft (not comparable)

1. (of a person) pained by the loss of someone
2. deprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of
   • 2011 November 3, David Ornstein, “Macc Tel-Aviv 1 - 2 Stoke”, BBC Sport:

     The hosts had not lost in 12 home European games but looked shaky at the back and bereft of attacking ideas, inviting Stoke forward for further opportunities.

   • 1909, Robert W. Service, “The Ballad of One-Eyed Mike”, in Ballads of a Cheechako:

     And there I strove, and there I clove through the drift of icy streams; / And there I fought, and there I sought for the pay-streak of my dreams. ¶ So twenty years, with their hopes and fears and smiles and tears and such, / Went by and left me long bereft of hope of the Midas touch;

   • Dead Parrot Sketch

     Mr. Praline: Es not pinin! Es passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! Es expired and gone to meet is maker! Es a stiff! Bereft of life, e rests in peace! If you hadnt nailed im to the perch ed be pushing up the daisies! Is metabolic processes are now istory! Es off the twig! Es kicked the bucket, es shuffled off is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!

Definizione dizionario bereft

	privo di
	Deprived of something.

Altri significati:

deprived of

pained by the loss of someone

Simple past tense and past participle of bereave.

(of a person) pained by the loss of someone

deprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of