See feisty in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "easily offended",
"word": "hašteřivý"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "easily offended",
"word": "lichtgeraakt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "easily offended",
"word": "herkkänahkainen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "easily offended",
"word": "ärhäkkä"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "pxuḳiani",
"sense": "easily offended",
"word": "ფხუკიანი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "č̣irveuli",
"sense": "easily offended",
"word": "ჭირვეული"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "easily offended",
"word": "empfindlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "easily offended",
"word": "reizbar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "easily offended",
"word": "überlaunig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "easily offended",
"word": "streitsüchtig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "easily offended",
"word": "verletzlich"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "epithetikós",
"sense": "easily offended",
"word": "επιθετικός"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "eristikós",
"sense": "easily offended",
"word": "εριστικός"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "easily offended",
"word": "sértődékeny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "easily offended",
"word": "melindroso"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "easily offended",
"word": "đanh đá"
}
],
"word": "feisty"
}
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