Define Bereft Meaning

Bereft

Bereft of parental love, orphans sometimes grow up to be insecure.
By Catherine
Bereft

Kimiko warned Joshiro to be at the train station at 9:03 or bereft behind.
By Carole
Culturally Bereft
Seriously lacking in culture, or otherwise a cultural moron. A person who has never experienced any culture than the one in nhis/her general area, or place of origin.

How culturally bereft can one be? He thinks that anyone who wears a speedo is automaticaly gay.
By Consuelo
Bereft Of Gorm
A person who really hasn't got it all going on upstairs...

Geez, what did he just say? That guy really is bereft of gorm...
By Laureen