bereft
adjectiveLeft without something needed or valued, often through loss.
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Clear all filtersLeft without something needed or valued, often through loss.
To damage someone's reputation or good name.
To give or confer something, often as an honor.
Influenced by a preference or prejudice that undermines impartiality.
Unreasonably intolerant of people or opinions outside one's own group or beliefs.
Involving support or cooperation from two political parties.
Deserving criticism or blame for a fault or wrongful act.
Very obvious and conspicuous, usually in an offensive or improper way.
A damaging influence or a condition of serious decline and deterioration.
Cheerfully carefree, sometimes heedless of possible consequences.
Unconventional in lifestyle, especially in an artistic setting.
To support or strengthen something.
Using grand, inflated language that outweighs its substance.
Inflated in language
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Genuine or made in good faith.
Genuine
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Strongly interested in books or learning, sometimes more than in practical experience.
A rude person who shows little consideration for others.
Rude and insensitive to others.
Rude and insensitive
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Bold in a shameless or impudent way.
Shortness in duration or expression.
Shortness of expression or duration
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To introduce a subject for discussion, especially a delicate one.
To cook by direct exposure to intense heat.
A noisy or excited fuss over an event.
Abrupt and curt in speech or manner.
Relating to the pleasant, quiet qualities of rural life.
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