Definition: A person who takes away someone’s loved ones, often through death or loss.

Example: The bereaver felt the weight of their loss deeply as they remembered their loved one.

Definition: Deprived of something or feeling a deep sense of loss, especially after the death of a loved one.

Example: After the storm, the town was bereft of its usual cheerfulness.

Definition: To be deprived of something or someone important, often resulting in a feeling of loss or emptiness.

Example: After the storm, the village was bereft of trees and shelter.

Definition: To make a serious and urgent request to someone, often asking for help or support.

Example: I beseech you to listen to my plea for assistance.

Definition: In a way that shows a strong desire or request for something, often with urgency or pleading.

Example: She looked at him beseechingly, hoping he would understand her feelings.

Definition: The condition of being surrounded or attacked by problems or difficulties.

Example: The besetment of the town by floods caused many families to evacuate.

Definition: A person or thing that troubles or harasses someone or something.

Example: The besetter of the peaceful town caused much distress among the residents.

Definition: Always bothering or attacking someone or something.

Example: The besetting problems of the project made it difficult to succeed.

Definition: To cover something completely, often to hide it from view or to protect it.

Example: The fog began to beshroud the valley, making it hard to see the landscape.

Definition: To make something dirty or black, especially by covering it with soot or grime.

Example: The chimney was so old that it besmut the walls of the house.

Definition: To comfort or calm someone, especially by providing reassurance or relief.

Example: She tried to besoothe the crying child with gentle words.