sierota — meaning in English

English meaning

• limpet noun A small sea creature with a cone-shaped shell that grips tightly onto rocks.
• orphan noun A child whose parents have both died (or, more loosely, abandoned them).
• wimp noun Someone seen as weak, timid, or lacking backbone.

Senses

sierota is used for these senses in English:

• limpet (British) Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.
• orphan A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
• wimp (chiefly, derogatory, slang) Someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy.

limpet — full definition

1. noun A small sea creature with a cone-shaped shell that grips tightly onto rocks.
2. noun (informal) Someone who stays too close to another person and will not leave them alone.

orphan — full definition

1. noun A child whose parents have both died (or, more loosely, abandoned them).
2. verb To leave a child without parents, usually through death.
3. noun Something left without the support, source, or connection it depended on.

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