See despicable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "gorrovello"
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"sense": "deserving to be despised",
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"sense": "deserving to be despised",
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"sense": "deserving to be despised",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "verabscheuungswürdig"
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"sense": "deserving to be despised",
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"sense": "deserving to be despised",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "megvetendő"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "deserving to be despised",
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "tercela"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "hina"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "keji"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "spregevole"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "deserving to be despised",
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"word": "abietto"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "disprezzabile"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iyashii",
"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "卑しい"
},
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kitanai",
"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "汚い"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "卑劣な"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "contemptus"
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "zemisks"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "préziren",
"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "пре́зирен"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "kiripiro"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "deserving to be despised",
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "avskyelig"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "foraktelig"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nefrat-angiz",
"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "نفرت انگیز"
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"sense": "deserving to be despised",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "deserving to be despised",
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"sense": "deserving to be despised",
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"word": "презре́нный"
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"english": "pathetic",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "desdeñable"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "despreciable"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "rastrero"
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"code": "sv",
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "нікче́мний"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "deserving to be despised",
"word": "đáng khinh"
}
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"ref": "2004, Wayne Campbell Kannaday, Apologetic Discourse and the Scribal Tradition:",
"text": "Robbers assemble other robbers for the purpose of robbery; but Christians gather thieves, bandits, and other despicables for the purpose of spiritual transformation.",
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