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"word": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽"
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"word": "撥ね付ける"
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"word": "輕蔑 /轻蔑"
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"word": "鄙薄"
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{
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"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "鄙薄"
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"word": "halveksia"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
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"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "verachten"
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"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "περιφρονώ"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
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"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "disprezzare"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
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{
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "蔑む"
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{
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"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "見下す"
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"word": "елемеу"
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"code": "kk",
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"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "елемеу, елең қылмау"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "whakareko"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "tokoreko"
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{
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"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "gardzić"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
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{
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"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "desprezar"
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{
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"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "menosprezar"
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{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "alqochay"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
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"roman": "prezirátʹ",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "презира́ть"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "относи́ться с пренебрежением"
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"code": "sco",
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"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "scorn"
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{
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"tags": [
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{
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"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"tags": [
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"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "opovrhovať"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"tags": [
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"word": "despreciar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "desdeñar"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "khinh bỉ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "khinh miệt"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "استنكف"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oǎhvǎrljam s prezrenie",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "оъхвърлям с презрение"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "odmítat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "torjua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "antaa piupaut"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "verschmähen"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "frakunnan",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "perifronó",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "περιφρονώ"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "disprezzare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hanetsukeru",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "撥ね付ける"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "spernō"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "reiciō"
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{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "scornen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "wzgardzić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "odrzucić"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "respinge"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "refuza"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to reject, turn down",
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "to reject, turn down",
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "odmietnuť"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "rechazar"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to refuse to do something, as beneath oneself",
"word": "kieltäytyä"
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "استخف"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prismivam se",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "присмивам се"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"tags": [
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"word": "opovrhovat"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
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"word": "pohrdat"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "halveksia"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "ylenkatsoa"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "ivata"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "mépriser"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "verspotten"
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"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "嘲う"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "hīkaka te ihu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "whakahoe"
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{
"code": "enm",
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"word": "scornen"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "szydzić"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "drwić"
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{
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"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
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"english": "We are fools in our help towards Christ, but you are wise believers in Christ; we're feeble, but you're strong; you're held in esteem, but we're viewed with contempt by the world.",
"ref": "1983, William Lorimer, transl., The New Testament in Scots, Edinburgh: Canongate, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, I Corinthians 4:10, page 286:",
"text": "We ar fuils for our sairin o Christ, an ye ar wysslike members o Christ; we ar sillie, an ye ar strang; ye ar hauden in honour, an we ar hauden in scorn bi the warld.",
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