deprives
Denies someone something
Deprives is the present tense of deprive, meaning to take something away from someone or deny them access to it.
The thing taken is usually something needed or valued: The injury deprives him of the use of his legs.
Solitary confinement deprives prisoners of human contact.
What's removed may be tangible or abstract—rights, sleep, opportunity, dignity.
Refuse to admit
- confiscateSeize by authority
- seizeTake suddenly, forcibly
- withholdRefuse to give
- restrictTo impose limits upon
curtail · suppress · retain · hoard · prohibit · embargo · impound · refuse
Severe food shortage
- hungerNeed for nourishment
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- undernourishedInsufficiently nourished
- emaciationExtreme bodily thinness
starving · famished · wasting · gaunt · malnourished · hungry · anorexic · withering
Deprived by death
- bereftDeprived through loss
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
loneliness · void · emptiness · desolation · anguish · sorrow · forlorn · dispossessed
Amount still owed
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- paucityInsufficiency of amount
- dearthAcute shortage of something
absence · lack · inadequacy · deficiency · privation · sparsity · want · unavailability
Extremely lacking in money
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- penuryExtreme lack of money
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
underprivileged · disadvantaged · homelessness · squalor · want · inequality · marginalized · disenfranchised
deny
Refuse to admit
- confiscateSeize by authority
- seizeTake suddenly, forcibly
- withholdRefuse to give
restrict · curtail · suppress · retain · hoard · prohibit · embargo · impound · refuse · block
famine
Severe food shortage
- hungerNeed for nourishment
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- undernourishedInsufficiently nourished
emaciation · starving · famished · wasting · gaunt · malnourished · hungry · anorexic · withering · weakened
bereaved
Deprived by death
heartache · loneliness · void · emptiness · desolation · anguish · sorrow · forlorn · dispossessed · bereavement
deficit
Amount still owed
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- paucityInsufficiency of amount
dearth · absence · lack · inadequacy · deficiency · privation · sparsity · want · unavailability · gap
impoverished
Extremely lacking in money
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- penuryExtreme lack of money
hardship · underprivileged · disadvantaged · homelessness · squalor · want · inequality · marginalized · disenfranchised · dispossessed
- sleep deprivedLacking adequate rest
- sleep deprivationInadequate rest condition
- oxygen deprivationInsufficient breathable gas supply
- sensory deprivationBlocking all external stimuli
- sensory deprivation tankLightless pod for floating
- emotional deprivationAbsence of nurturing bonds