See askew on Wiktionary
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}
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]
},
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"source": "Thesaurus:askew",
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"source": "Thesaurus:askew",
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"source": "Thesaurus:askew",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:askew",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:askew",
"word": "cattywampus"
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"source": "Thesaurus:askew",
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"source": "Thesaurus:askew",
"word": "crooked"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:askew",
"word": "lopsided"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:askew",
"word": "tipsy"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:askew",
"word": "skewampus"
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{
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"tags": [
"Australia",
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],
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:askew",
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"word": "squiffy"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:askew",
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"US",
"dialectal"
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"word": "whomperjawed"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:askew",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wāi",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "歪"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "scheef"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "vino"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "de travers"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "de guingois"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "de traviole"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "oblique"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "incliné"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "penché"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "schief"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "verzogen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "verwunden"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "verbogen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "quer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "schräg"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "verrutscht"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "al ha'ókem",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "על העוקם"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "ferde"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "félrecsúszott"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "csálé"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "rézsútos"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "obliquo"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "līmus"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "eğri",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "اكری"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "winjsch"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "torto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
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},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "turned or twisted to one side",
"word": "oblicuo"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "untoward, unfavourable",
"word": "verquer"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "untoward, unfavourable",
"word": "ungünstig"
}
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"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hebrew translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
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]
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"text": "He wore his hat askew"
}
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tilted to one side",
"word": "kallellaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tilted to one side",
"word": "vinossa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tilted to one side",
"word": "schief"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tilted to one side",
"word": "schräg"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tilted to one side",
"word": "sich neigend"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "tilted to one side",
"word": "ferdén"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "tilted to one side",
"word": "csálén"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "tilted to one side",
"word": "rézsútosan"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "with disapproval",
"word": "vinosti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "with disapproval",
"word": "kieroon"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "with disapproval",
"word": "mißbilligend"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "with disapproval",
"word": "abschätzig"
}
],
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}
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