What Does Bereft Mean?


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Bereft is an adjective. Bereft, meaning "lacking what one needs" is an expression of a suffering by some one who is unable to achieve what one wished for. It portrays human suffering of being "deprived of some want".

Bereft denotes sorrow and is mostly used in the parlance of love. It is not very common that this word finds its way in prose but it melancholic touch is a perfect pin for poetic portrayals.

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