He was no better than a motherless child.
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Motherless
Synonyms for "motherless" (29 found)
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Strong matches (9)
Related words (14)
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4 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀμήτωρ adj (without a living mother)
Danish
1 entries- moderløs adj (without a living mother)
Dutch
1 entries- moederloos adj (without a living mother)
Finnish
1 entries- äiditön adj (without a living mother)
Georgian
1 entries- უდედო adj (without a living mother)
German
1 entries- mutterlos adj (without a living mother)
Gujarati
1 entries- નમાયું adj (without a living mother)
Hungarian
1 entries- anyátlan adj (without a living mother)
Icelandic
1 entries- móðurlaus adj (without a living mother)
Ingrian
1 entries- emätöin adj (without a living mother)
Latin
1 entries- ametor adj (without a living mother)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- bêdê adj (without a living mother)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- morlaus adj (without a living mother)
- morløs adj (without a living mother)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- morlaus adj (without a living mother)
Swedish
1 entries- moderlös adj (without a living mother)
Telugu
1 entries- తల్లిలేని adj (without a living mother)
Turkish
3 entries- anasız adj (without a living mother)
- annesiz adj (without a living mother)
- öksüz adj (without a living mother)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
For some years the poor man lived on alone with the children, caring for them as best he could; but everything in the house seemed to go wrong without a woman to look after it, and at last he made up his mind to marry again, feeling that a wife would bring peace and order to his household and take care of his motherless children.
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You poor motherless children! How I pity you; and yet I can do nothing to help you!
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Sometimes I feel like a motherless child.
Source: tatoeba (11189561)
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