bereaved

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈɹiːvd/

Adjective

bereaved (comparative more bereaved, superlative most bereaved)

1. having suffered the death of a loved one

   Synonyms: distraught, griefful, grief-struck, heartsore, mournful; see also Thesaurus:agonized

   bereaved relatives

   • 2023 March 14, Caryn James, “John Wick: Chapter 4: 'Soars above most action films'”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Perversely, we love John Wick himself. That lethal, bereaved assassin is a good bad guy for our times, the natural extension of Tony Soprano, Walter White and all the other heroic antiheroes the culture has embraced.

Derived terms

• nonbereaved
• unbereaved

 

Verb

bereaved

1. simple past and past participle of bereave

Anagrams

• beavered