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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "shabby-genteel"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "shabby chic"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "shab",
"3": "y",
"id2": "adjectival",
"t1": "scab"
},
"expansion": "shab (“scab”) + -y",
"name": "suf"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "scabby"
},
"expansion": "scabby",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "shabby",
"t": "in poor health, ill"
},
"expansion": "Scots shabby (“in poor health, ill”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "schabbig",
"t": "poor, needy, shabby"
},
"expansion": "Dutch schabbig (“poor, needy, shabby”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "schabbich",
"t": "miserable"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German schabbich (“miserable”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "schäbig",
"t": "shabby"
},
"expansion": "German schäbig (“shabby”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "skabbig",
"t": "scabby"
},
"expansion": "Swedish skabbig (“scabby”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "sjabbig",
"t": "shabby, mangy, scruffy"
},
"expansion": "Swedish sjabbig (“shabby, mangy, scruffy”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From shab (“scab”) + -y, or directly from an alteration of scabby. Cognate with Scots shabby (“in poor health, ill”), Dutch schabbig (“poor, needy, shabby”), Middle Low German schabbich (“miserable”), German schäbig (“shabby”), Swedish skabbig (“scabby”), Swedish sjabbig (“shabby, mangy, scruffy”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "shabbier",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "shabbiest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "er"
},
"expansion": "shabby (comparative shabbier, superlative shabbiest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "They lived in a tiny apartment, with some old, shabby furniture.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 703",
"text": "Another place where, from the aesthetic point of view, a long tunnel would have been a real blessing, is East London as viewed from the carriage window on the old Great Eastern line. Despite a vast change from crowded slums to tracts of wasteland, due to its grim wartime experience, this approach still provides a shabby and unworthy introduction to the great capital.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Torn or worn; unkempt."
],
"id": "en-shabby-en-adj-GmMawV0d",
"links": [
[
"Torn",
"torn"
],
[
"worn",
"worn"
],
[
"unkempt",
"unkempt"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of clothing, etc.) Torn or worn; unkempt."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of clothing"
],
"tags": [
"usually"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "bālin",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "بَالٍ"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iznosen",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "износен"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iztǎrkan",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "изтъркан"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zahaben",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "захабен"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "tronat"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "nagkagidlay"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "破舊"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pòjiù",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "破旧"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "ošuntělý"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "omšelý"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "zchátralý"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "haveloos"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "slonzig"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "nuhruinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "nuhjuinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "nukkavieru"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "râpé"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "usé"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "élimé"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "miteux"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "schäbig"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "logoro"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "boroboro",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "ぼろぼろ"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nuchu",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "누추"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "schappeg"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "taretare"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "kanukanu"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "pūtaitai"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "êvâtchi"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "estropiado"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "esfarrapado"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "esbodegado"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "uzat"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "ponosit"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "zdrențăros"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "sărăcăcios"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ubógij",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "убо́гий"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaxudályj",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "захуда́лый"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vétxij",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "ве́тхий"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "ru",
"english": "neglected",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zapúščennyj",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "запу́щенный"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "ru",
"english": "pathetic",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žálkij",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "жа́лкий"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "ru",
"english": "mean",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pódlyj",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "по́длый"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "похабан"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "олињао"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "pohaban"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "olinjao"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "raído"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "astroso"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "zarrapastroso"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "cutre"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "sjabbig"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "sjavig"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "sliten"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 23 18 20",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "maläten"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "3 50 2 45",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 49 5 38",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The fellow arrived looking rather shabby after journeying so far.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Wearing ragged, very worn, or dirty clothing."
],
"id": "en-shabby-en-adj-rHZfHpA8",
"links": [
[
"ragged",
"ragged"
],
[
"worn",
"worn"
],
[
"clothing",
"clothing"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of a person) Wearing ragged, very worn, or dirty clothing."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a person"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dripav",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "дрипав"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "opǎrpan",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "опърпан"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "nagkagidlay"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "破爛"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pòlàn",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "破烂"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "ošuntělý"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "otrhaný"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "nuhruinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "nuhjuinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "nukkavieru"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "esfarrapado"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "atrouxado"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "schäbig"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "boroboro",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "ぼろぼろ"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "esfarrapado"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "zdrențuit"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ponóšennyj",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "поно́шенный"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "potrjópannyj",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "потрёпанный"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "potjórtyj",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "потёртый"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obvetšályj",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "обветша́лый"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vétxij",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "ве́тхий"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pljugávyj",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "плюга́вый"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "отрцан"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "otrcan"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "harapiento"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "andrajoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "desarrapado"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "desharrapado"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "zarrapastroso"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "luggsliten"
},
{
"_dis1": "26 64 3 7",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments",
"word": "sjavig"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "shabby treatment",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Mean; despicable."
],
"id": "en-shabby-en-adj-fB-H77tG",
"links": [
[
"Mean",
"mean"
],
[
"despicable",
"despicable"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nizǎk",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"word": "низък"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podǎl",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"word": "подъл"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kèbó",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"word": "刻薄"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bēibǐ",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"word": "卑鄙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 98 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"word": "podlý"
},
{
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{
"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "sv",
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{
"code": "sv",
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged",
"word": "maläten"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"code": "cmn",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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{
"code": "es",
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{
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podǎl",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"word": "подъл"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kèbó",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"word": "刻薄"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bēibǐ",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"word": "卑鄙"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"word": "podlý"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"word": "nečestný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"word": "sprostý"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"word": "surkea"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"word": "onneton"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"word": "minable"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"word": "schäbig"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meschino"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"slang"
],
"word": "tosco"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"word": "josnic"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"word": "meschin"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"word": "ticălos"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mean; paltry; despicable",
"word": "sjaskig"
}
],
"word": "shabby"
}
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