Bereft and Widowed

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

Widowed adjective - Single because of death of the spouse.

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Bereft and widowed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bereft" instead an adjective "Widowed".

Nearby Words: widow, widower, widowhood

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