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"sense": "a displeasing sight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esperpento"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a displeasing sight",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skamfläck"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a displeasing sight",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "schabrak"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a displeasing sight",
"word": "sulyak"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tát-sà-ná ù-jàat",
"sense": "a displeasing sight",
"word": "ทัศนะอุจาด"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a displeasing sight",
"word": "điều ngứa mắt"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a displeasing sight",
"word": "điều chướng mắt"
}
],
"word": "eyesore"
}
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