| Word | Meaning | Synonyms |
| Bereft | 1. unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love (adj) 2. Sorrowful through loss or deprivation (adj) 3. To deprive and make desolate, esp. by death (usually fol. by of): Illness bereaved them of their mother. (verb) | lovelorn, unbeloved, grief-stricken, bereaved, sorrowing(a), bereft, mourning(a), grieving |
| Abased | Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, |
| Ransacked | 1. To search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter. 2. To search through for plunder; pillage: The enemy ransacked the entire town | Foraged, plundered, ravage, despoil, pillaged |
| Ravishing | 1. To fill with strong emotion, esp. joy. 2. To seize and carry off by force. 3. To carry off (a woman) by force. 4. To rape (a woman). 5. Extremely beautiful or attractive; enchanting; entrancing. (adjective) | ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, assail, assault, set on, attack, enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, delight |
| Beleaguered | 1. To surround with military forces. 2. To surround or beset, as with troubles. | Besieged, hemmed in, torment |
| Emblazoned | 1. To depict, as on an escutcheon in heraldry. 2. To decorate with brilliant colors. 3. To proclaim; celebrate or extol. | Spruce up, embellish, brighten, beautify, Â adorn, grace, ornament, embellish |
| Constricted | 1. To draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress. 2. To slow or stop the natural course or development of: Greed and aggressiveness constricted the nation’s cultural life. | compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press, constringe, narrow |
| Constrained | 1. forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession. 2. stiff or unnatural; uneasy or embarrassed: a constrained manner | restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle, encumber, cumber, constrain |
| Truckling | To submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually fol. by to): Don’t truckle to unreasonable demands. | yield, relent, soften, fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up, flatter, blandish |
| Cosseted | To treat as a pet; pamper; coddle. | pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, indulge |
