different between dejected vs bereft

dejected

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??d??kt?d/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin deicio

Adjective

dejected (comparative more dejected, superlative most dejected)

  1. Sad and dispirited.
    • 1818, Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs, Philadelphia: T.S. Manning, Volume I, p. 73,[1]
      I pitied poor Miss Read’s unfortunate situation, who was generally dejected, seldom cheerful, and avoided company []

Synonyms

  • dejectable (rare)
  • despondent
  • disheartened
  • down in the mouth

Antonyms

  • hopeful

Derived terms

  • dejectedly

Translations

Verb

dejected

  1. simple past tense and past participle of deject

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bereft

English

Etymology

Form of bereaved; compare leave and left.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b????ft/
  • Rhymes: -?ft

Verb

bereft

  1. simple past tense and past participle of bereave

Adjective

bereft (not comparable)

  1. (of a person) Pained by the loss of someone.
  2. Deprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of.

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