Bereft vs Mourn - What's the difference?
bereft | mourn |
(bereave)
(of a person) pained by the loss of someone
* '>citation
deprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=November 3
, author=David Ornstein
, title=Macc Tel-Aviv 1–2 Stoke
, work=BBC Sport
* {{quote-book, passage=And there I strove, and there I clove through the drift of icy streams; / And there I fought, and there I sought for the pay-streak of my dreams. ¶ So twenty years, with their hopes and fears and smiles and tears and such, / Went by and left me long bereft of hope of the Midas touch;
, title=(Ballads of a Cheechako)
, chapter=(The Ballad of One-Eyed Mike)
, author=Robert W. Service
, year=1909}}
*
To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
* Bible, Genesis xxiii. 2
* Shakespeare
Sorrow, grief.
*:
*:Anone after ther cam balen / and whan he sawe kynge Arthur / he alyght of his hors / and cam to the kynge on foote / and salewed hym / by my hede saide Arthur ye be welcome / Sire ryght now cam rydynge this way a knyght makynge grete moorne / for what cause I can not telle
A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.
As verbs the difference between bereft and mourn
is that bereft is (bereave) while mourn is to express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).As an adjective bereft
is (of a person) pained by the loss of someone.As a noun mourn is
sorrow, grief.bereft
English
Verb
(head)- bereft of strength – powerless
- bereft of gorm – in Yorkshire dialect – mindless one, idiot = gormless
Adjective
(-)citation, page= , passage=The hosts had not lost in 12 home European games but looked shaky at the back and bereft of attacking ideas, inviting Stoke forward for further opportunities.}}
- Mr. Praline:
' E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!
mourn
English
Alternative forms
* morneVerb
- Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
- We mourn' in black; why ' mourn we not in blood?
