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"form": "coyer",
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"superlative"
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"(dated) Bashful, shy, retiring."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "svenliv",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "свенлив"
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"roman": "sramežliv",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
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"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "ostýchavý"
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "nesmělý"
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{
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "plachý"
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{
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"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "stydlivý"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "bedeesd"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "timide"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "verlegen"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "ujo"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "timide"
},
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "tímido"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 9 5 7 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "túzaro"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 9 5 7 5",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "morcxvi",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "მორცხვი"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "keusch"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 9 5 7 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "verlegen"
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{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "szégyenlős"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 9 5 7 5",
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "félénk"
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{
"_dis1": "74 9 5 7 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "szemérmes"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "timido"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zasténčivyj",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "засте́нчивый"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "róbkij",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "ро́бкий"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "tímido"
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"tags": [
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"word": "mahcup"
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"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "utangaç"
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{
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "çekingen"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
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"word": "muhteriz"
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[
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"(archaic) Quiet, reserved, modest."
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"_dis1": "4 86 3 4 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tih",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "тих"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mǎlčaliv",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "мълчалив"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "zdrženlivý"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "bedeesd"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "bescheiden"
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{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "timide"
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{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "schuchter"
},
{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "verlegen"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "hiljainen"
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"_dis1": "4 86 3 4 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "vaitonainen"
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"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "ujo"
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"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
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"word": "coi"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "moridebuli",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "მორიდებული"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "verschämt"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "schüchtern"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "zurückhaltend"
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{
"_dis1": "4 86 3 4 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "tartózkodó"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 86 3 4 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "schivo"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skrómnyj",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "скро́мный"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "recatado"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"tags": [
"archaic"
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"word": "muhteriz"
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"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"tags": [
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"word": "mahcup"
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"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "coe"
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"Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish."
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "sdǎržan",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "сдържан"
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"roman": "diskreten",
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"word": "дискретен"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
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{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "mlčenlivý"
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{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "bescheiden"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "discreet"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "kuis"
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{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "terughoudend"
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{
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "häveliäs"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 88 2 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tavšeḳavebuli",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "თავშეკავებული"
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"_dis1": "4 3 88 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "diskret"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 88 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "prüde"
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"_dis1": "4 3 88 2 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"tags": [
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"_dis1": "4 3 88 2 3",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"tags": [
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"word": "reservado"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "sdéržannyj",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "сде́ржанный"
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"ref": "1981, A. D. Hope, “His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell”, in A Book of Answers",
"text": "The ill-bred miss, the bird-brained Jill, / May simper and be coy at will; / A lady, sir, as you will find, / Keeps counsel, or she speaks her mind, / Means what she says and scorns to fence / And palter with feigned innocence.",
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"Pretending shyness or modesty, especially in an insincere or flirtatious way."
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīnchí",
"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"word": "矜持"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
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"word": "koket"
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{
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"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"word": "häveliäs"
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"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"word": "coqueto"
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"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"tags": [
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"word": "kokett"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "naesung",
"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "내숭"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 8 6 72 5",
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"word": "nazlı"
},
{
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
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{
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"word": "cilveli"
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"word": "nazende"
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"Soft, gentle, hesitating."
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"_dis1": "3 4 2 2 88",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "soft, gentle, hesitating",
"word": "hellä"
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"_dis1": "3 4 2 2 88",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "soft, gentle, hesitating",
"word": "zurückhaltend"
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"roman": "nežnyj",
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"word": "нежный"
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{
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"roman": "mjaxkij",
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"word": "мягкий"
}
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}
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},
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"sense": "bashful, shy",
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},
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "stydlivý"
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"word": "bedeesd"
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{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
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{
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"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "verlegen"
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{
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"word": "ujo"
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{
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"word": "timide"
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"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "tímido"
},
{
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"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "túzaro"
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{
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"lang": "Georgian",
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"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "მორცხვი"
},
{
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"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "keusch"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "verlegen"
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{
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"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "szégyenlős"
},
{
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "szemérmes"
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{
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "timido"
},
{
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"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "засте́нчивый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "róbkij",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "ро́бкий"
},
{
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "tímido"
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{
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "utangaç"
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{
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"word": "çekingen"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "bashful, shy",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tih",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "тих"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mǎlčaliv",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "мълчалив"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "zdrženlivý"
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{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "bedeesd"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "bescheiden"
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{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
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{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
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{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
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{
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"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
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{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "vaitonainen"
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{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "ujo"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"tags": [
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"word": "coi"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "moridebuli",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "მორიდებული"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "verschämt"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "schüchtern"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "zurückhaltend"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "tartózkodó"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
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{
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skrómnyj",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
"word": "скро́мный"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
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{
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
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{
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"sense": "archaic: quiet, reserved, modest",
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"word": "coe"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "sdǎržan",
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"word": "сдържан"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "diskreten",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "дискретен"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "zdrženlivý"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "diskrétní"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "mlčenlivý"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "bescheiden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "discreet"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "kuis"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "terughoudend"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "häveliäs"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tavšeḳavebuli",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "თავშეკავებული"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "diskret"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "prüde"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
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],
"word": "modesto"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "reservado"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sdéržannyj",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "сде́ржанный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reluctant to give details about something sensitive",
"word": "discreto"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīnchí",
"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"word": "矜持"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"word": "koket"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"word": "häveliäs"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"word": "coqueto"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"tags": [
"rare"
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"word": "kokett"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "naesung",
"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "내숭"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"word": "nazlı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"word": "işveli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"word": "cilveli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "pretending shyness or modesty",
"word": "nazende"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "soft, gentle, hesitating",
"word": "hellä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "soft, gentle, hesitating",
"word": "zurückhaltend"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nežnyj",
"sense": "soft, gentle, hesitating",
"word": "нежный"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"ref": "1635, Edward Rainbowe, Labour Forbidden, and Commanded. A Sermon Preached at S Pauls Church, September 28. 1634., London: Nicholas Vavasour, page 29",
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