Synonyms for deprived


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-prahyvd
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈpraɪvd


Définition of deprived

Origin :
  • 1550s, "dispossessed," past participle adjective from deprive. As a euphemism for the condition of children who lack a stable home life, by 1945.
  • adj impoverished
Example sentences :
  • Deprived of slavery, they are like wasps that have lost their stings.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Calderon has deprived you of friends more powerful than himself.
  • Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Did you not know that a trick, such as this, has deprived men of reason?
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • Their kisses, their tears, deprived him of his little remaining strength.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • It grieves me to see Germany deprived of such an artist and such a man.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • Oh, if I am to be deprived of Imogen, how sweet, how solacing is the thought of death!
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • Not succeeding, he deprived him of his rank and all his possessions.
  • Extract from : « The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI » by Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies
  • I have been deprived long enough of the delights of your society.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • It reproached his own idleness and it deprived him of her company.
  • Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • The pleasure I experience in your society, makes me regret that any one should be deprived of it.
  • Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low

Antonyms for deprived

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