The word bereft can also be an adjective as well as a verb. It just matters how the sentence is phrased. Bereaved is also an adjective of the word bereft.
The word bereft means to lack something. A sentence using the word bereft could be, the house was bereft of any color or charm and looked as though it badly needed a coat of paint.
Alone now and almost penniless, he was bereft of hope.
The word is "Bereft".
befret, bereft
Bereft is an adjective, meaning "lacking or deprived of what one needs." It portrays human suffering, of being "deprived of some want."A mother would be "bereft" (suffer a loss) if her child was lost or killed.*It is the past participle of the verb bereave, meaning to leave desolate or alone.)
Depressed and lost Hopeless and bereft .
Some possible synonyms for the adjective wanting are absent, bereft, defective, deficient, devoid, empty, imperfect, inferior, missing, disappointing and substandard.
Bereft - film - was created in 2004.
Bereft is being deprived of something like companionship or love if a dear one dies.
Bereft - 2004 TV is rated/received certificates of: Australia:M USA:R
It is an adjective.It is a an adjective.
A word is a thing. The word 'word' is a noun.