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{
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"word": "epäilyttävä"
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"word": "საეჭვო"
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"sense": "subject to, or causing doubt",
"word": "სათუო"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "subject to, or causing doubt",
"word": "zweifelhaft"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "subject to, or causing doubt",
"word": "kétséges"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "subject to, or causing doubt",
"word": "dabhtúil"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "subject to, or causing doubt",
"word": "dubbio"
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"word": "dubius"
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{
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{
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"sense": "subject to, or causing doubt",
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"word": "dubios"
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"word": "сомни́тельный"
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"Experiencing or showing doubt, skeptical."
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"word": "կասկածամիտ"
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"roman": "tʿerahavat",
"sense": "experiencing or showing doubt",
"word": "թերահավատ"
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"word": "şübhələnən"
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"word": "tvivlende"
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"word": "usikker"
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"sense": "experiencing or showing doubt",
"word": "epävarma"
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"word": "epäilevä"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "experiencing or showing doubt",
"word": "zweifelnd"
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{
"_dis1": "27 63 2 1 0 4 4",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "experiencing or showing doubt",
"word": "amhrasach"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 63 2 1 0 4 4",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "experiencing or showing doubt",
"word": "discutibile"
},
{
"_dis1": "27 63 2 1 0 4 4",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "experiencing or showing doubt",
"word": "dubitabundus"
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"sense": "experiencing or showing doubt",
"word": "tvilende"
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "experiencing or showing doubt",
"word": "tvilande"
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{
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "experiencing or showing doubt",
"word": "incerto"
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{
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "somnevájuščijsja",
"sense": "experiencing or showing doubt",
"word": "сомнева́ющийся"
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"sense": "experiencing or showing doubt",
"word": "mì-chinnteach"
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"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "saṁśayātmakamaina",
"sense": "experiencing or showing doubt",
"word": "సంశయాత్మకమైన"
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"Undecided or of uncertain outcome."
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"word": "несигурен"
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"sense": "undecided or of uncertain outcome",
"word": "tvivlsom"
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "undecided or of uncertain outcome",
"word": "epävarma"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "undecided or of uncertain outcome",
"word": "zweifelhaft"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "undecided or of uncertain outcome",
"word": "kétséges"
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"sense": "undecided or of uncertain outcome",
"word": "incerto"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "undecided or of uncertain outcome",
"word": "hokirua"
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"sense": "undecided or of uncertain outcome",
"word": "taupetupetu"
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"word": "incerto"
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"word": "сомни́тельный"
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"word": "mì-chinnteach"
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"roman": "saṁśayātmakamaina",
"sense": "undecided or of uncertain outcome",
"word": "సంశయాత్మకమైన"
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"Fearsome, dreadful."
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"(obsolete) Fearsome, dreadful."
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"sense": "improbable or unlikely",
"word": "невероятен"
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"sense": "improbable or unlikely",
"word": "tvivlsom"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "improbable or unlikely",
"word": "epätodennäköinen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "improbable or unlikely",
"word": "zweifelhaft"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "improbable or unlikely",
"word": "improbabile"
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{
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "improbable or unlikely",
"word": "duvidoso"
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"roman": "somnítelʹnyj",
"sense": "improbable or unlikely",
"word": "сомни́тельный"
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"sense": "improbable or unlikely",
"word": "dudoso"
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"code": "te",
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"roman": "saṁśayātmakamaina",
"sense": "improbable or unlikely",
"word": "సంశయాత్మకమైన"
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"word": "подозрителен"
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"word": "tvivlsom"
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"word": "arveluttava"
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"word": "kyseenalainen"
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"word": "zweifelhaft"
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"sense": "suspicious, or of dubious character",
"word": "kétes"
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"word": "sospetto"
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"ref": "1922, E.R. Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros",
"text": "The pupils of her great eyes were large in the doubtful lamplight, swallowing their green fires in deep pools of mystery and darkness.",
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