bereaved

comparative more bereaved · superlative most bereaved

1. Having suffered the death of a loved one.

   bereaved relatives

   2 more examples

   With ironic deference, Brodie takes out the record from the gym bag. “Look, I was sorry to hear about your dad.” Luisa nods, feels grief rise and her defenses stiffen. “Yeah.” “I guess it was . . . a release, of sorts.” True, but only the bereaved can actually say so.

   2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 121

   Perversely, we love John Wick himself. That lethal, bereaved assassin is a good bad guy for our times, the natural extension of Tony Soprano, Walter White and all the other heroic antiheroes the culture has embraced.

   2023 March 14, Caryn James, “John Wick: Chapter 4: 'Soars above most action films'”, in BBC

   Synonyms: distraught, griefful, grief-struck, heartsore, mournful, agonised/agonized, tormented, tortured

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of bereave

   Synonyms: bereft