See invidious in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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"code": "ru",
"english": "jealous",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "revnívyj",
"sense": "archaic/obsolete: envious, jealous",
"word": "ревни́вый"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "misitós",
"sense": "archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μισητός"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apechthís",
"sense": "archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "απεχθής"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apokroustikós",
"sense": "archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "αποκρουστικός"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "repulsive",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "omerzítelʹnyj",
"sense": "archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious",
"word": "омерзи́тельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "hateful",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nenavístnyj",
"sense": "archaic/obsolete: detestable; hateful; odious",
"word": "ненави́стный"
}
],
"word": "invidious"
}
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