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"text": "\"My men grow mutinous day by day; / My men grow ghastly wan and weak.\" / The stout mate thought of home; a spray / Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek."
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"ref": "1892, Joaquin Miller, Columbus",
"text": "\"My men grow mutinous day by day; / My men grow ghastly wan and weak.\" / The stout mate thought of home; a spray / Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek."
}
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mǎrtveški",
"sense": "Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid",
"word": "мъртвешки"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "smǎrtnobled",
"sense": "Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid",
"word": "смъртноблед"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid",
"word": "kalpea"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid",
"word": "blafard"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid",
"word": "livide"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mḳvdrisperdadebuli",
"sense": "Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid",
"word": "მკვდრისფერდადებული"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gapitrebuli",
"sense": "Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid",
"word": "გაფითრებული"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "perc̣asuli",
"sense": "Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid",
"word": "ფერწასული"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid",
"word": "geisterhaft"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid",
"word": "fantasmal"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid",
"word": "cadavérico"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "užasen",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "ужасен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "strahoten",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "страхотен"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "afgrijselijk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "afschuwelijk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "verschrikkelijk"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "timiga"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "terura"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "kauhistuttava"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "kauhea"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "kamala"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "kaamea"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "épouvantable"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "effrayant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "atroce"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sazareli",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "საზარელი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sašineli",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "საშინელი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šemzaravi",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "შემზარავი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šemaʒrc̣unebeli",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "შემაძრწუნებელი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "grässlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "gespenstisch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "haarsträubend"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "rettenetes"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "terrificante"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"tags": [
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"word": "spaventoso"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "agghiacciante"
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{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "grausom"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "assustador"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "horripilante"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "medonho"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "oribil"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "groaznic"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "užásnyj",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "ужа́сный"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "strášnyj",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "стра́шный"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "espantoso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "horrifyingly shocking",
"word": "horripilante"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "afgrijselijk"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "afschuwelijk"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "verschrikkelijk"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "abominabel"
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"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "malbonega"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "terura"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "kauhea"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "kamala"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "kaamea"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "affreux"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "horrible"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "épouvantable"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "atroce"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sazizɣari",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "საზიზღარი"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sašineli",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "საშინელი"
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{
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "šemzaravi",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "შემზარავი"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "schauderhaft"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "furchtbar"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "szörnyű"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "terribile"
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{
"code": "it",
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "obbrobrioso"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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"word": "orribile"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "lamentabil"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otvratítelʹnyj",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "отврати́тельный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "malísimo"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "horrible"
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{
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"lang": "Spanish",
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"word": "horripilante"
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"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "förskräcklig"
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"sense": "extremely bad",
"word": "hemsk"
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