Orphaned
Orphaned adjective - Deprived of parents by death or desertion.
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Synonyms for Orphaned
Wanting and orphaned are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wanting" instead an adjective "Orphaned".
Both words in one sentence
- Turalyon's also quite disturbed when he sees an orphaned boy playing with a sword and wanting to grow up and kill orcs.
Source: Everyone Has Standards -
However, this ends in a Deconstruction when numerous child-wanting female penguins swarm orphan chicks in massive slide fights that can, and often do, crush the orphaned chick.
Source: Happily Adopted
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Wanting and Orphaned. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/orphaned/wanting
Orphaned & Wanting. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/orphaned/wanting>.
Wanting or Orphaned. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/orphaned/wanting.
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