Meaning

2 senses

  1. Made an orphan by the death of one's parents.

    deprived of parents by death or desertion

  2. Abandoned.

    I found an orphaned project, half-completed before its author quit, and decided to finish it.

Forms

more orphaned, most orphaned
Comparativemore orphaned Lesson
Superlativemost orphaned Lesson

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
abandonedB2derelictC2desertA2forlornC2disparentedparentlessunparenteddroppedforsakendeserteddesolatehigh and dryleft behinddiscarded

Word family

6 related words
Deriveddeorphanednonorphanedorphaned houseorphaned negativeorphaned tsunamiunorphaned

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
orphanA2orphanageorthodontistorthodoxorthodoxyorthographic
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