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Forlorn vs Bereft - What's the difference?

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Forlorn is a related term of bereft.


As verbs the difference between forlorn and bereft

is that forlorn is (obsolete) while bereft is (bereave).

As adjectives the difference between forlorn and bereft

is that forlorn is abandoned, left behind, deserted while bereft is (of a person) pained by the loss of someone.

forlorn

English

Verb

(head)
  • (obsolete)

    • Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Abandoned, left behind, deserted.
  • * (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
    • Of fortune and of hope at once forlorn .
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • Some say that ravens foster forlorn children.
  • Miserable, as when lonely being abandoned.
  • * (Oliver Goldsmith) (1730-1774)
    • For here forlorn and lost I tread.
  • * (1796-1859)
    • The condition of the besieged in the mean time was forlorn in the extreme.
  • * (Mowbray Thomson) (1832-1917)
    • She cherished the forlorn hope that he was still living in captivity
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}

    Derived terms

    * forlorn hope * forlornness * forlornly

    Synonyms

    * * (miserable ) forsaken

    bereft

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bereave)
    • bereft of strength – powerless
    bereft of gorm – in Yorkshire dialect – mindless one, idiot = gormless

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (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 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.}}
  • * {{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}}
  • *
    • 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!!