adjective. Suffering the loss of a loved one.

noun. People who are bereaved.

adjective. mourning due to the death of a loved one.

adjective. having suffered the death of a loved one

verb. Simple past tense and past participle of bereave.

adjective. sorrowful through loss or deprivation

noun. a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved

"My wife (with an M. Div.) has thought about collecting recipes of these "death dishes" since bringing the casserole or other dish for the family of the bereaved is near folk custom."

sorrowful  

individual  mortal  person  somebody  someone  

achieved  aggrieved  believed  conceived  deceived  

Cheviot  Philippians  adoptive  all-too  aunt  

beggared  beggarly  bereaved of  bereft  bereft  

bereave