Related Words for waif

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scrawny
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Adjective, Adjective
anorexic
xx/x
Adjective
skinny
/x
Adjective
emaciated
x/xxx
Adjective
willowy
/xx
Adjective
chubby
/x
Noun
girl
/
Noun
forlorn
x/
Adjective
vagabond
/xx
Noun
lass
/
Noun
orphan
/x
Noun, Adjective
elfin
/x
Name
vixen
/x
Noun
motherless
/xx
Noun
weakling
/x
Noun
scruffy
/x
Adjective
gaunt
/
Noun
dumpy
/x
Adjective
malnourished
x/x
Adjective
urchin
/x
Noun
haggard
/x
Noun
petite
x/
Name
buxom
/x
Adjective
penniless
/xx
Adjective
tramp
/
Noun
starlet
/x
Noun
drifter
/x
Noun
bedraggled
x/x
Adjective
friendless
/x
Adjective
pudgy
/x
Noun
frail
/
Adjective
temptress
/x
Noun
vagrant
/x
Noun
lanky
/x
Adjective
sickly
/x
Adjective
misfit
/x
Noun
undernourished
xx/x
Adjective
blond
/
Noun
beggar
/x
Noun
pixie
/x
Noun
lithe
/
Adjective
supermodel
/xxx
Noun
playboy
/x
Noun
mangy
/x
Adjective
wanderer
/xx
Noun
outcast
/x
Noun
stray
/
Noun, Verb
foundling
/x
Noun
stranger
/x
Noun
minder
/x
Noun
outlaw
/x
Noun
rover
/x
Noun
fugitive
/xx
Noun
nomad
/x
Noun
welch
/
Name
foreign
/x
Name
runaway
/xx
Adjective
warrant
/x
Noun
transient
/x
Noun
plaything
/x
Noun
former
/x
Noun
bailee
/x
Noun
swain
/
Noun
casual
/xx
Adjective
scamp
/
Noun
heir at law
///
Phrase, Noun
foster child
/x/
Name, Name
waiver
/x
Noun
ward
/
Noun
castaway
/xx
Noun
absentee
xx/
Noun
displaced person
x//x
Phrase, Noun
prodigal
/xx
Noun
rogue
/
Noun
sojourner
/xx
Noun
bailiff
/x
Noun
pupil
/x
Noun
makeshift
/x
Adjective
pauper
/x
Noun
fugitive from justice
/xx//x
Phrase, Noun
reliquary
x/xx
Noun
provost
/x
Noun
homeless
/x
Adjective
nameless
/x
Adjective
plains
/
Noun
starving
/x
Verb
helpless
/x
Adjective
pathetic
x/x
Adjective
ragged
/x
Adjective
pitiful
/xx
Adjective
lost
/
Adjective
streets
/
Noun
rescued
/x
Verb
down
/
Adverb
hungry
/x
Adjective
lonely
/x
Adjective
boy
/
Noun
poor
/
Adjective
arrival
x/x
Noun
innocent
/xx
Adjective
look
/
Noun
abandoned
x/x
Verb
neglected
x/x
Verb
story
/x
Noun
little
/x
Adjective
woman
/x
Noun
sad
/
Adjective
picked
/
Verb
eyes
/
Noun
tiny
/x
Adjective
pale
/
Adjective
heart
/
Noun
named
/
Verb
thin
/
Adjective
world
/
Noun
bright
/
Adjective
kind
/
Noun
mere
/
Adjective
abyssinian
x/xx
Adjective, Name
accomplished
x/x
Adjective
adored
x/
Adjective
affable
/xx
Adjective
afflicted
x/x
Adjective
ailing
/x
Adjective, Noun
ambitious
x/x
Adjective
amiable
/xxx
Adjective
amorous
/xx
Adjective
anointed
x/x
Noun, Adjective
apostate
x/x
Noun, Adjective
babe
/
Noun
captive
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dwarf
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fallen
/x
Adjective, Noun
newcomer
/xx
Noun
sappy
/x
Adjective
upright
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
wayfarer
/xx
Noun
shirtless
/x
Adjective
die
/
Verb, Noun