Reft vs. Bereft — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Reft and Bereft
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Reft
A past tense and a past participle of reave.
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Bereft
Deprived of or lacking (something)
Her room was stark and bereft of colour
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Reft
Simple past tense and past participle of reave
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Bereft
(of a person) sad and lonely, especially through someone's death or departure
His death in 1990 left her bereft
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Reft
A chink; a rift.
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Bereft
A past tense and a past participle of bereave.
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Reft
Bereft.
Reft of thy sons, amid thy foes forlorn.
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Bereft
Deprived of something
They are bereft of their dignity.
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Reft
A chink; a rift. See Rift.
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Bereft
Lacking something needed or expected
"Today's graduates seem keenly aware that the future is bereft of conventional expectations" (Bruce Weber).
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Bereft
Suffering the death of a loved one; bereaved
The bereft parents.
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Bereft
Simple past tense and past participle of bereave
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Bereft
(of a person) Pained by the loss of someone.
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Bereft
Deprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of.
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Bereft
Unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love
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Bereft
Sorrowful through loss or deprivation;
Bereft of hope
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