Synonyms for be reft
Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
Spell : bih-reft |
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈrɛft |
Top 10 synonyms for be reft Other synonyms for the word be reft
- abandoned
- abscond
- absent
- acheronian
- alone
- appropriate
- away
- banish
- bankrupt
- bare
- barren
- be careless
- be impoverished
- be reduced
- become poorer
- beggared
- bereave
- bereaved
- bereft
- black
- bleed
- blue
- boot out
- bounce
- bundle off
- burglarize
- burgle
- burned out
- busted
- capitulate
- cast aside
- cast away
- cast off
- cast out
- chase
- cheerless
- clear
- comfortless
- companionless
- con
- consume
- cooked
- cop
- crossed in love
- cut off
- cut off without a cent
- cynical
- dead broke
- defalcate
- default
- defective
- defenseless
- dejected
- denudate
- denude
- denuded
- deplete
- depleted
- depressed
- deprive
- deprived
- deprived of
- derelict
- deserted
- desolate
- despairing
- despoil
- destitute
- destroyed
- devoid
- devoid of
- dirt poor
- disaffiliate
- disappointing
- discarded
- discharge
- disconsolate
- disinherit
- dislodge
- dismal
- dismantle
- disown
- displace
- dispossess
- dispossessed
- disrobe
- dissipate
- dissipated
- distressing
- ditch
- divest
- divested
- do out of
- dock
- doff
- doleful
- dolent
- dolorous
- down
- down and out
- downcast
- dragging
- drain
- drained
- drive out
- drop
- dropped
- dry
- dump
- dumped
- eighty-six
- eighty-sixed
- eject
- eliminated
- embezzle
- emptied
- empty
- evict
- exclude
- exhaust
- exhausted
- exheridate
- expend
- expropriate
- expulse
- fail
- fail to keep
- failing
- fall short
- faulty
- filch
- fire
- flat
- flat broke
- fleeced
- force out
- forfeit
- forget
- forgotten
- forlorn
- forsaken
- free
- free from
- friendless
- fruitless
- full of sorrow
- funereal
- futile
- give the 1-2-3
- give up
- given up
- gloomy
- godforsaken
- gone
- grief-stricken
- grieving
- grievous
- half-baked
- heartbroken
- heist
- helpless
- hijack
- hold back
- hold up
- homeless
- hurting
- hustle
- impecunious
- imperfect
- impoverished
- in a blue funk
- in default
- in mourning
- in need of
- in pain
- in sorrow
- in the dumps
- inadequate
- incapable
- incommensurate
- incompetent
- incomplete
- inconsolable
- indigent
- inferior
- infrequent
- innocent
- insolvent
- isolated
- jilted
- joyless
- kick out
- lacking
- lamentable
- lavish
- lay off
- leave
- left
- left in the cold
- left in the lurch
- left stranded
- left without
- less
- let go
- liberate
- lift
- lonely
- lonesome
- loot
- lorn
- lose
- lost
- loveless
- lovesick
- meager
- melancholy
- milk
- minus
- miserable
- misplace
- miss
- missing
- misspend
- moneyless
- mug
- naked
- necessitous
- needed
- needy
- neglect
- neglected
- not good enough
- not up to par
- omitted
- on the breadline
- on the rocks
- oppressed
- ostracize
- oust
- out of
- out of gas
- outcast
- pack off
- parted from
- pass up
- passed up
- patchy
- pathetic
- peculate
- penniless
- penurious
- pessimistic
- pigeon-holed
- pilfer
- pillage
- pinch
- pinched
- pink slip
- pitiable
- pitiful
- played out
- plunder
- poor
- poverty-stricken
- promote
- purloin
- raid
- ransack
- rare
- rejected
- relegate
- relieve
- relinquish
- relinquished
- remove
- repudiate
- requisition
- rifle
- rip off
- rob
- robbed
- roll
- sack
- sacrifice
- sad
- sadden
- sans
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- scrounge
- seize
- send packing
- shorn
- short
- short of
- show the door
- shunned
- shy
- side-tracked
- sidelined
- sketchy
- skim
- snitch
- solitary
- somber
- sombre
- spoil
- spurned
- squander
- stick up
- stiff
- stony
- strapped
- strip
- stripped
- strong-arm
- substandard
- suffer
- suffer loss
- surrender
- swindle
- swipe
- take
- take from
- tenantless
- thieve
- thin
- throw out
- too little too late
- topple
- totaled
- tragic
- transport
- turn out
- unample
- unclothe
- uncouth
- uncover
- undress
- unfilled
- unfinished
- unfitted
- unfulfilled
- unhappy
- uninhabited
- unload
- unoccupied
- unprovided with
- unqualified
- unsatisfactory
- unseat
- unsound
- use up
- vacant
- vacated
- vacuous
- vain
- void
- wanting
- waste
- weighed down
- wiped out
- withhold
- without
- woebegone
- woeful
- wrest
- wretched
- yield
Définition of be reft
Origin :- late 14c., past participle adjective from bereave (v.).
- As in insufficient : adj not enough; lacking
- As in mournful : adj sorrowful
- As in bereft : adj lacking; missing
- As in void : adj empty
- As in wanting : adj lacking, inadequate
- As in lorn : adj abandoned
- As in deserted : adj abandoned, unoccupied
- As in desolate : adj depressed, despondent
- As in destitute : adj down and out; wanting
- As in devoid : adj empty, wanting
- As in forlorn : adj hopeless, inconsolable
- As in lovelorn : noun unloved
- As in lose : verb be deprived of; mislay
- As in oust : verb expel, get rid of
- As in rob : verb steal, deprive
- As in bereave : verb deprive
- As in deprive : verb keep or take away something wanted, needed
- As in disinherit : verb cut off in will of bequeathal
- As in divest : verb dispossess; take off
Antonyms for be reft
- accept
- accumulate
- achieve
- adequate
- admit
- affluent
- allow
- ample
- appropriate
- be honest
- befriended
- bequeath
- bestow
- build
- busy
- cheerful
- cherished
- clean
- clothe
- collect
- comforted
- complete
- condemn
- confer
- confront
- consolable
- construct
- cover
- crowded
- cultivated
- demote
- elated
- endow
- enough
- existing
- face
- fight
- fill
- filled
- full
- gather
- give
- happy
- help
- hide
- hindered
- hire
- hoard
- hold
- hold on to
- hopeful
- hurt
- include
- indulge
- inhabited
- invest
- joyful
- joyous
- keep
- loved
- lucky
- maintain
- meaningful
- meet
- occupied
- offer
- perfect
- place
- pleased
- populated
- populous
- possess
- present
- productive
- prosperous
- protect
- receive
- refuse
- reject
- release
- restrained
- retain
- return
- rich
- satisfactory
- satisfied
- save
- secure
- solvent
- starve
- stop
- strong
- succeed
- sufficient
- supply
- take
- take in
- used
- valid
- wealthy
- welcome
- win
- worthwhile
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