1. Sorrowful through loss or deprivation
   "bereaved of hope";
   - bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning, sorrowing

1. A person who has suffered the death of someone they loved
   "the bereaved do not always need to be taken care of"; "The bereaved person found comfort in the support of friends and family";
   - bereaved person

1. Deprive through death
   "For if they bereave me of my life, They cannot bereave me of the heavens so high"

See also: sorrowful

Type of: actor, deprive, divest, doer, strip, worker