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)
- 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 […]
- 1818, Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs, Philadelphia: T.S. Manning, Volume I, p. 73,[1]
Synonyms
- dejectable (rare)
- despondent
- disheartened
- down in the mouth
Antonyms
- hopeful
Derived terms
- dejectedly
Translations
Verb
dejected
- 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
- 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.
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