waif [weyf] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
waif [weyf]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: lost or unclaimed person or thing
Synonyms: castaway, dogie, drop*, fetch*, flotsam, foundling, homeless one, jetsam, ragamuffin, stray, urchin
Main Entry: orphan
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: historical/literary child without parents
Synonyms: foundling, stray
Main Entry: pariah
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: social outcast
Synonyms: bum*, castaway, deportee, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, fugitive, hobo*, leper, outsider, persona non grata, rascal, refugee, tramp, undesirable, vagabond, vagrant, waif
Example Sentences
  • Janie has the heart of a waif and sometimes the demeanor of a clown.
  • It was a few years before she got another part as good as that of the waif.
  • When it comes to laptops, the waif look never goes out of style.
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Main Entry: ragamuffin
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who is poor, tattered
Synonyms: beggar, bum*, gamin, guttersnipe, hobo, loafer, scarecrow, street person, tatterdemalion, tramp, urchin, vagabond, vagrant, waif, wastrel
Antonyms: sophisticate
Main Entry: urchin
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mischievious youngster
Synonyms: brat*, cub, dickens, gamin, imp, juvenile delinquent, punk*, pup, ragamuffin, waif
Main Entry: foundling
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: orphan
Synonyms: castaway, waif
Main Entry: castaway
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: shipwrecked person
Synonyms: derelict, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, pariah, renegade, reprobate, shipwreck, waif
Main Entry: straying
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: deviation
Synonyms: aberrance, aberrancy, aberrant, aberration, divagation, divergence, maverick, straggler, waif
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