bereaved

UK/bɪˈɹiːvd/US/bɪˈɹiːvd/

adjectiveC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,851 of 15,258neutral

Bereaved means having recently lost somebody close to death. The bereaved family, newly bereaved, bereaved of a child.

It is the formal word and it is used as a noun too — the bereaved. Bereavement leave is the entitlement to time off, and how much is given varies enormously. Note reave, an old verb meaning to rob, which is where the word comes from — being bereaved is being robbed.

Definitions of bereaved

1adjectivebereavedHaving recently lost somebody close to death.C1
“The bereaved family thanked everyone who came to the funeral.”

bereaved is a state of loss.

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bereaved in the wild

The word describes a complex of behaviors in which the bereaved participate or are expected to participate, the expression of which varies by culture.
Mourning
The palm branch is also often used on a house of a bereaved family as a sign of comfort and a reminder that there is hope in resurrection.
Ndala
PCFF was founded in 1995 by Yitzhak Frankenthal and several bereaved Israeli families.
The Parents Circle-Families Forum
PGD is estimated to be experienced by about 10 percent of bereaved survivors, although rates vary substantially depending on populations sampled and definitions used.
Prolonged grief disorder
Each group follows TCF's creed, which mandates that bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings attending these meetings need not speak but are free to express their feelings.
The Compassionate Friends

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