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Deprived of, or lacking in, something that is expected or needed

Having suffered the death of a loved one

Below an amount or level that is adequate

Feeling or showing great unhappiness or loneliness

Abandoned or left to languish

Without or lacking in

Subject to deprivation

Having constant bad luck in romance

Helpless, typically from being abandoned

Past tense for to deprive or take away something important or valuable from someone

Past tense for to reject someone and exclude them from one's inheritance

Past tense for to unlawfully take possession of something

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Adjective

Deprived of, or lacking in, something that is expected or needed

unprovided with

completely lacking in

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“The furniture was limited to a big cupboard bereft of doors and some mattresses lying on the mud floor itself.”

Adjective

Having suffered the death of a loved one

down in the mouth

down in the dumps

heavy with grief

overcome with sorrow

discombobulated

having blue devils

singing the blues

having the blahs

discountenanced

racked with pain

racked with suffering

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“Writing a heartfelt letter of condolence to the bereft widower, Freud spoke of a senseless, brutal act of fate that had robbed them of Sophie.”

Adjective

Below an amount or level that is adequate

in short supply

coming up short

hard to come by

few and far between

not to be had for love nor money

scarcer than hen's teeth

too little too late

dissatisfactory

less than ideal

less-than-stellar

not good enough

thin on the ground

barely sufficient

inconsequential

seldom met with

on the small side

not appropriate for

with an insufficiency

with an insufficiency of

thinly distributed

with too little …

with too few …

in the minority

out of the ordinary

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Adjective

Feeling or showing great unhappiness or loneliness

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

in the doldrums

sick as a parrot

conscience-stricken

self-reproachful

singing the blues

as sick as a parrot

heavy with grief

overcome with sorrow

discombobulated

sorry for yourself

down-in-the-mouth

unfavourable^UK

in sackcloth and ashes

self-condemnatory

heart-wrenching

ill-humoured^UK

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

prostrate with grief

unable to be comforted

unable to be consoled

beside oneself with grief

with a long face

discountenanced

having the blahs

having blue devils

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

on the verge of tears

racked with suffering

racked with pain

in floods of tears

self-incriminating

with tears in your eyes

full of hardship

beyond contempt

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Adjective

Abandoned or left to languish

left in the cold

left in the lurch

without resources

without assistance

left at the altar

out of the window

without a friend in the world

me myself and I

me and my shadow

in difficulties

without an escort

traveling light

without friends

all by one's self

with no one to turn to

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Adjective

Without or lacking in

Adjective

Subject to deprivation

underprivileged

poverty-stricken

in reduced circumstances

unable to make ends meet

on the bread line

unable to keep the wolf from the door

on the breadline

in straitened circumstances

strapped for cash

as poor as a church mouse

without two pennies to rub together

without two farthings to rub together

without two brass farthings to rub together

without a red cent

on one's uppers

in Queer Street

without a brass farthing

economically disadvantaged

without a penny

without two pennies farthings to rub together

economically deprived

financially disadvantaged

discriminated against

inadequately serviced

down to last cent

in distressed circumstances

on one's beam ends

poor as a church mouse

in dire straits

on one's beam-ends

behind eight ball

without a penny to one's name

without a shot in one's locker

financially poor

in dire circumstances

down to last penny

in financial difficulties

not having two pennies to rub together

not having two farthings to rub together

financially distressed

financially embarrassed

without means of support

in the poorhouse

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Adjective

Having constant bad luck in romance

Adjective

Helpless, typically from being abandoned

in difficulties

without assistance

without resources

disadvantageous

up creek without paddle

with hands tied

counterproductive

without success

not good enough

lacking ability

in vicious circle

not up to scratch

no great shakes

leaving much to be desired

not up to snuff

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Verb

Past tense for to deprive or take away something important or valuable from someone

“Their melancholy solitude was only broken in upon by attempts to bereave them of their best consolation.”

Verb

Past tense for to reject someone and exclude them from one's inheritance

Verb

Past tense for to unlawfully take possession of something

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