Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bereaved

/bɪˈɹiːvd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables: be-reaved
IPA: /bɪˈɹiːvd/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having suffered the death of a loved one.

verb

simple past and past participle of bereave

Example Sentences

"bereaved relatives"
"With ironic deference, Brodie takes out the record from the gym bag. “Look, I was sorry to hear about your dad.” Luisa nods, feels grief rise and her defenses stiffen. “Yeah.” “I guess it was . . . a release, of sorts.” True, but only the bereaved can actually say so."
"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."

Inflected Forms

more bereaved (comparative) most bereaved (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonbereaved unbereaved

Synonyms

distraught griefful grief-struck heartsore mournful agonised/agonized tormented tortured bereft

Rhymes With

received believed achieved perceived relieved conceived retrieved deceived sleeved aggrieved preconceived grieved

Questions

How do you pronounce bereaved?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɪˈɹiːvd/.
What does bereaved mean?: Having suffered the death of a loved one.

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