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
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.