Synonyms for bereaved
bɪˈrivdbe·reaved

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1. bereaved, bereaved personadjective

   a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved

   "the bereaved do not always need to be taken care of"

   Synonyms:
   bereaved person

   Antonyms:
   joyful

2. bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(a), sorrowing(a)adjective

   sorrowful through loss or deprivation

   "bereft of hope"

   Antonyms:
   joyful

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1. List of paraphrases for "bereaved":

   afflicted, distressed, ill-fated, stricken

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1. Judge Kang Dong-hyeok:

   The defendant deserves a heavy jail term considering the pain the victim must have gone through, the bitter emotion that the victim had to end her life in a foreign country this way, and sadness for the victim's bereaved family who lost their beloved family member, the victim is now returning to her homeland as a corpse.

2. Rochelle Zook:

   Our immediate thoughts are with the bereaved family. We closely monitor all such events and collect relevant information to share with global regulatory authorities. Based on ongoing safety reviews performed by Pfizer, BioNTech and health authorities, BNT162b2 retains a positive benefit-risk profile for the prevention of COVID-19 infections. Serious adverse events, including deaths that are unrelated to the vaccine, are unfortunately likely to occur at a similar rate as they would in the general population.

3. Isseki Maeda:

   Bereaved families often feel guilty and wonder if they could do more for the patient, if they believed sedation shortened survival, their guilty feeling may become deeper. Our study indicated that continuous deep sedation did not shorten patient life or change patient’s dying process.

4. Yoshihisa Furukawa:

   These are extremely brutal cases, taking precious lives for selfish reasons. I think these are terrible incidents not only for victims who lost their lives but also for bereaved families.

5. Ezron Mwasimba:

   We have gathered compelling evidence against the accused persons including from members of the bereaved family who had identified them.