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.)
Beleaguered means that something has been laid under siege or run into difficulties. For example, "The warrior brought help to the beleaguered city".
There was a young woman from Maine Who came off as a bit of a pain. Her behavior bereft Her boyfriends all left In the end, there was nothing to gain.
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary: ; step- : O.E. steop-, with connotations of "loss," in combinations like steopcild "orphan," related to astiepan, bestiepan "to bereave, to deprive of parents or children," from P.Gmc. *steupa- "bereft" (cf. O.Fris. stiap-, O.N. stjup-, Swed. styv-, M.L.G. stef-, Du. stief-, O.H.G. stiof-, Ger. stief-), lit. "pushed out," from PIE *steup-, from base *(s)teu-(see steep (adj.)). Etymologically, a stepfather or stepmother is one who becomes father or mother to an orphan, but the notion of orphanage faded in 20c. For sense evolution, cf. L. privignus "stepson," related to privus "deprived."
Yes, the word 'mother' is a noun, a word for a person (My mother will pick us up.)The word 'mother' is also a verb (Please don't mother me.) and an adjective (English is my mother language.)
Mother is a noun, not a pronoun. The possessive form is mother's.
It means that if you go into the woods, you will die, i.e. your mother will be bereft (will lose you). It is just an ominous warning about the danger of the Jersey Devil.
Bereft - film - was created in 2004.
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.
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.
Alone now and almost penniless, he was bereft of hope.
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
deprived of happiness
Beleaguered means that something has been laid under siege or run into difficulties. For example, "The warrior brought help to the beleaguered city".
Bereft - 2011 II was released on: USA: 5 April 2011 (Highbridge Film Festival)
eft, left, bereft,
a poem..