different between bereft vs lonely
bereft
English
Etymology
Form of bereaved; compare leave and left.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b????ft/
- Rhymes: -?ft
Verb
bereft
- simple past tense and past participle of bereave
Adjective
bereft (not comparable)
- (of a person) Pained by the loss of someone.
- Deprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of.
Translations
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lonely
English
Etymology
From lone +? -ly, or from an apheretic shortening of alonely. See lone.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l??nli/
- (US) IPA(key): /?lo?nli/
Adjective
lonely (comparative lonelier, superlative loneliest)
- Unhappy because of feeling isolated from contact with other people.
- (of a place or time) Unfrequented by people; desolate.
- (of a person) Without companions; solitary.
Synonyms
- (dejected): lonesome
- (unfrequented by people): desolate, desert, empty, unpeopled, unpopulated
- (without companions): solitary, alone, unaccompanied
Related terms
- lone
Translations
Anagrams
- Nolley
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