bereaved
adjective
[ bɪˈriːvd ]
• deprived of a close relation or friend through their death.
• "bereaved families"
bereave
verb
• be deprived of a close relation or friend through their death.
• "she had recently been bereaved"
Similar:
deprive,
dispossess,
rob,
divest,
strip,
orphaned,
widowed,
grieving,
sorrowful,
lamenting,
deprived,
dispossessed,
Origin:
Old English berēafian (see be-, reave). The original sense was ‘deprive of’ in general.
