bereft

bereft of (someone or something)

Completely lacking something. The children at the orphanage are bereft of any family members. After crying all day at the hospital, I was bereft of all emotion when I got home.
See also: bereft, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bereft of someone or something

left without someone or something. (Bereft is the past participle of bereave, functioning here as an adjective.) Tom was bereft of all hope. The child was bereft of his parents.
See also: bereft, of
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • bereft of
  • bereft of (someone or something)
  • not have two (something) to rub together
  • not have two brain cells, pennies, etc. to rub together
  • not have two to rub together
  • stone cold
  • crying shame
  • crying shame, a
  • a crying shame
  • cry for
References in periodicals archive
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"We are devastated and bereft but as Andrew always lived with dignity, honour and calmness, we intend to grieve in this way."
Family 'torn apart' by police officer's death
"What he uttered is just sophism of an imbecile bereft of elementary quality as a human being, let alone a politician," KCNA said.
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THE Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) said it is seriously pained by the murder of a former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.), which occurred on Tuesday evening as he was returning from his farm, expressing worries that the country was now in a sorry situation where human life was worth nothing under a leadership that was bereft of capacity to secure lives and property, among others.
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He said by the death of Maulana Samiul Haq, Pakistan had become bereft of a great religious scholar and a renowned political leader.
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In an annual audit report posted on its website on Friday, the COA said the payment, received by the unnamed reporter of radio station dzMM, was 'bereft of legal basis' due to absence of any contract.
COA flags P1 million fee to reporter
RAWALPINDI -- Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday accused former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of being 'bereft of loyalty'.
Nawaz was bereft of loyalty: Nisar
Flintshire Magistrates' Court, at Mold, was told that John William Leigh's family had been bereft when his mother disappeared.
American football coach who attacked man in pub handed suspended sentence
If Twitter is on the way out it's because young people are completely bereft of writing skills and can't actually write letters and words.
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Their case is substantially and procedurally infirm and bereft of merit,' he added.
'Bring it on,' Aguirre says on ICC case
FORMER Labour leader Lord Kinnock broke down on live television as he described how his family were bereft after the "brutal" death of MP Jo Cox.
Kinnock's bitter tears
The Woman In Black: Angel Of Death is bereft of original ideas and resorts to a familiar array of ominous creaks and groans to herald the arrival of the eponymous spirit.
THE WOMAN IN BLACK: ANGEL [...]
Those who voted for Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup were bereft of integrity.
End this shame.. vote again
CHARLES Saatchi has told a court he was "utterly bereft" that a private email he sent to ex-wife Nigella Lawson referring to her being off her head on drugs has been made public.
Saatchi 'bereft' HOT SPOTS COURTS
Decapitated animals, toes poking through shoes, chairs with smiles, and Eric Koston all line the pages that are virtually bereft of text, yet no computer illiterate barney will ever lay his hands on this one because ...
Fuck it