Associations to the word «Bereave»
Noun
- Deceased
- Grief
- Consolation
- Solace
- Widower
- Spouse
- Sympathy
- Coping
- Widow
- Hospice
- Sorrow
- Funeral
- Vigil
- Comfort
- Relative
- Weep
- Departed
- Loneliness
- Hallucination
- Survivor
- Distress
- Sick
- Cleopatra
- Older
- Console
- Parent
- Coffin
- Dying
- Wounded
- Sadness
- Agony
- Eloquence
- Suicide
- Caring
- Dead
- Memorial
- Vengeance
- Affection
- Loss
- Ritual
- Corpse
- Despair
- Grave
- Misery
- Mother
- Tragedy
- Guilt
- Cope
- Victim
- Family
- Lover
- Counselor
- Person
- Kin
- Sibling
- Tenderness
- Disaster
- Impulse
- Death
- Burial
Adjective
Wiktionary
BEREAVE, verb. (transitive) To deprive by or as if by violence; rob; strip.
BEREAVE, verb. (transitive) To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
BEREAVE, verb. (transitive) To deprive of power; prevent.
BEREAVE, verb. (transitive) To take away someone or something important or close; deprive.
BEREAVE, verb. (intransitive) (rare) To destroy life; cut off.
Dictionary definition
BEREAVE, verb. Deprive through death.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.