bereft of life
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bereft — adjective a) (of a person) pained by the loss of someone 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 … Wiktionary
bereft — [bēreft′] vt. alt. pt. & pp. of BEREAVE adj. 1. deprived, robbed, or devoid, as of life, hope, or happiness 2. BEREAVED … English World dictionary
Bereft — Bereave Be*reave (b[ e]*r[=e]v ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bereaved} (b[ e]*r[=e]vd ), {Bereft} (b[ e]*r[e^]ft ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bereaving.}] [OE. bireven, AS. bere[ a]fian. See {Be }, and {Reave.}] [1913 Webster] 1. To make destitute; to deprive;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bereft — be|reft [bıˈreft] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Old form of bereaved] 1.) bereft of hope/meaning/life etc completely without any hope etc ▪ The team now seems bereft of inspiration. 2.) feeling very sad and lonely ▪ His death in 1990 left her… … Dictionary of contemporary English
bereft — adjective formal 1 bereft of hope/meaning/life etc completely without any hope etc: The party s manifesto is bereft of new ideas. 2 feeling very sad and lonely: He had left, and she felt completely bereft … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bereft — [[t]bɪre̱ft[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, usu ADJ of n If a person or thing is bereft of something, they no longer have it. [FORMAL] The place seemed to be utterly bereft of human life … English dictionary
Maurice Russell, knight — Sir Maurice Russell, a typecast not a portrait, displays the serious and dignified mien expected of the mediaeval knight, as for example portrayed in Chaucer s Canterbury Tales. Detail from Dyrham brass … Wikipedia
dead — I adjective at rest, bereft of life, breathless, buried, cadaverous, deceased, defunct, demised, departed, departed this life, deprived of life, destitute of life, devoid of life, dormant, ended, exanimate, expired, extinct, extinguished,… … Law dictionary
dead — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. deceased, perished, defunct; lifeless, inanimate; obsolete, extinct. See death, nonexistence, insensibility.Ant., alive, living. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Without life] Syn. deceased, departed,… … English dictionary for students
breathless — Synonyms and related words: ablaze, abrupt, afire, agape, aghast, agog, airless, alacritous, all agog, amazed, anaudic, animated, antsy, antsy pantsy, anxious, aphasic, aphonic, ardent, asleep, asleep in Jesus, astonished, astounded, at gaze, at… … Moby Thesaurus
