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"Sharp-pointed; keen."
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"(obsolete, of a weapon, etc.) Sharp-pointed; keen."
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"word": "spids"
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"word": "appuntito"
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"word": "affilato"
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"word": "pontiagudo"
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"text": "A poignant reply will garner more credence than hours of blown smoke.",
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"Neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant."
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"word": "eloqüent"
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"word": "penetrant"
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"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "træffende"
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"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "osuva"
},
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"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
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},
{
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"word": "zutreffend"
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"word": "relevant"
},
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"word": "találó"
},
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"word": "chiaro"
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"word": "eloquente"
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"word": "鋭い"
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"word": "cięty"
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"word": "claro"
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"word": "elocuente"
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"word": "agudo"
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{
"text": "Flipping through his high school yearbook evoked many a poignant memory of yesteryear.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Andrew Radford, Minimalist Syntax: Exploring the Structure of English, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, §1.4, page 13",
"text": "A particularly poignant example of this is a child called Genie (see Curtiss 1977; Rymer 1993), who was deprived of speech input and kept locked up on her own in a room until age thirteen. When eventually taken into care and exposed to intensive language input, her vocabulary grew enormously, but her syntax never developed.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC",
"text": "Hanks shepherds the young girl to safety – first brusquely, and then with a sudden outburst of affection made all the more poignant for the way it is reserved previously. He once again reminds us, quite literally, that he is in many ways the ultimate dad.",
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"Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving."
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"mental",
"mental"
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"sensation"
],
[
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],
[
"emotionally",
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[
"moving",
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]
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"word": "moving"
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"code": "ca",
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"word": "punyent"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "schrijnend"
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{
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "kipeä"
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"code": "fi",
"english": "evoking sharp mental pain",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "arka"
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "liikuttava"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "ergreifend"
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{
"_dis1": "9 6 73 4 4 4",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "packend"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 6 73 4 4 4",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "eindringlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 6 73 4 4 4",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "anrührend"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 6 73 4 4 4",
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{
"_dis1": "9 6 73 4 4 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "erschütternd"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 6 73 4 4 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"word": "bitter"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 6 73 4 4 4",
"code": "de",
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"word": "quälend"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 6 73 4 4 4",
"code": "el",
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
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{
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "megrendítő"
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{
"_dis1": "9 6 73 4 4 4",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
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"word": "szívbe markoló"
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{
"_dis1": "9 6 73 4 4 4",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "felkavaró"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 6 73 4 4 4",
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "szívet tépő"
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{
"_dis1": "9 6 73 4 4 4",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "emozionante"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 6 73 4 4 4",
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "toccante"
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{
"_dis1": "9 6 73 4 4 4",
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
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"word": "intenso"
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{
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "commovente"
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{
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "痛烈"
},
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "whakaaroha"
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{
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"code": "pl",
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"word": "wzruszający"
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{
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "pungente"
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"word": "emocionante"
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"word": "comovente"
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
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{
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
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"Piquant, pungent."
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[
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"(figuratively, of a smell, taste) Piquant, pungent."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a smell"
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"figuratively"
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"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "пикантен"
},
{
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"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "picant"
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{
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
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"word": "pikant"
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{
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"word": "scherp"
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"word": "pikantti"
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{
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "kirpeä"
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{
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"word": "pistävä"
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"word": "stechend"
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{
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"word": "streng"
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{
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"word": "pikant"
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{
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "scharf"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 1 86 4 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "beißend"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 1 86 4 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "aufdringlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 1 86 4 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "csípős"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 1 86 4 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "pikáns"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 1 86 4 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "piccante"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 1 86 4 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "pungente"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 5 1 86 4 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"word": "остър"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"word": "punyent"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "sharp-pointed; keen",
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"code": "ca",
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"tags": [
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "sharp-pointed; keen",
"word": "terävä"
},
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"sense": "sharp-pointed; keen",
"word": "spitz"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sharp-pointed; keen",
"word": "zugespitzt"
},
{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "sharp-pointed; keen",
"word": "αιχημρός"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "sharp-pointed; keen",
"word": "οξύς"
},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "sharp-pointed; keen",
"word": "appuntito"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sharp-pointed; keen",
"word": "affilato"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "surudoi",
"sense": "sharp-pointed; keen",
"word": "鋭い"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "sharp-pointed; keen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "sharp-pointed; keen",
"word": "pontiagudo"
},
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"sense": "sharp-pointed; keen",
"word": "о́стрый"
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"code": "sk",
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{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "sharp-pointed; keen",
"word": "zahrotený"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "sharp-pointed; keen",
"word": "puntiagudo"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "sharp-pointed; keen",
"word": "punzo-cortante"
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{
"code": "ca",
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},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "penetrant"
},
{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "træffende"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "osuva"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "treffend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "zutreffend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "relevant"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "találó"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "chiaro"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "eloquente"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "acuto"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "penetrante"
},
{
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"word": "鋭い"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "cięty"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "claro"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "eloquente"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "penetrante"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "claro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "elocuente"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "agudo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant",
"word": "penetrante"
},
{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "punyent"
},
{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
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{
"code": "fo",
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"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "hjartanemandi"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "rørandi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "kipeä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "evoking sharp mental pain",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "arka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "emotionally moving",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "liikuttava"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "ergreifend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "packend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "eindringlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "anrührend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "rührend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "erschütternd"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "bitter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "quälend"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sparachtikós",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "σπαραχτικός"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "megrendítő"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "szívbe markoló"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "felkavaró"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "szívet tépő"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "emozionante"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "toccante"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "intenso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "commovente"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsūretsu",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "痛烈"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "whakaaroha"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "wzruszający"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "pungente"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "emocionante"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "comovente"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "tiamhaidh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "evoking strong mental sensation",
"word": "conmovedor"
},
{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "pikanten",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "пикантен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "picant"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "punyent"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "pikant"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "scherp"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "pikantti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "kirpeä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "pistävä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "stechend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "streng"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "pikant"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "scharf"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "beißend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "aufdringlich"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "csípős"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "pikáns"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "piquant; pungent",
"word": "piccante"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"word": "pungente"
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