bereft of (someone or something)
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.
- bereft
- bereft of
- 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