hush-hush in All languages combined

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "public"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "well-known"
    }
  ],
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Adjektiv (Englisch)",
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    },
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      "parents": [],
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    },
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      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Siehe auch",
      "orig": "siehe auch",
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    }
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  "etymology_texts": [
    "[1] Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts, Verdopplung vom englischen Adjektiv hush ^(→ en) (still)"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "hush-hush",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more hush-hush",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most hush-hush",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "hush-hush",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjektiv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "italic_text_offsets": [
            [
              55,
              64
            ]
          ],
          "text": "The man makes a lot of money by collecting and selling hush-hush information.",
          "translation": "Der Mann verdient viel Geld damit geheime Informationen zu sammeln und zu verkaufen."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "so dass nicht darüber gesprochen wird bzw. nicht gesprochen werden darf, zumindest nicht öffentlich sondern wenn, dann nur im Geheimen, zwischen ausgewählten Vertrauten"
      ],
      "id": "de-hush-hush-en-adj-IwWDKSsQ",
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "secret"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "confidential"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "covert"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "geheim"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "vertraulich"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Französisch",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "secret"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hush-hush"
}

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "public"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "well-known"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Adjektiv (Englisch)",
    "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
    "Englisch",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "siehe auch",
    "Übersetzungen (Englisch)"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "[1] Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts, Verdopplung vom englischen Adjektiv hush ^(→ en) (still)"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hush-hush",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "more hush-hush",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most hush-hush",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "hush-hush",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjektiv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "italic_text_offsets": [
            [
              55,
              64
            ]
          ],
          "text": "The man makes a lot of money by collecting and selling hush-hush information.",
          "translation": "Der Mann verdient viel Geld damit geheime Informationen zu sammeln und zu verkaufen."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "so dass nicht darüber gesprochen wird bzw. nicht gesprochen werden darf, zumindest nicht öffentlich sondern wenn, dann nur im Geheimen, zwischen ausgewählten Vertrauten"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "secret"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "confidential"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "covert"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "geheim"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "vertraulich"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Französisch",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "secret"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hush-hush"
}

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"hush-hush" meaning in All languages combined

Adjective [Englisch]