Bereft and Orphaned

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Bereft adjective - Suffering the death of a loved one.

Usage example: to one investigator, the bereft woman seemed to be taking the sudden death of her rich husband amazingly well

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Orphaned and bereft are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Orphaned" instead an adjective "Bereft".

Orphaned adjective - Deprived of parents by death or desertion.

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Bereft and orphaned are semantically related. You can use "Bereft" instead an adjective "Orphaned".

Nearby Words: orphanage, orphan, orphanhood, orphaning

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