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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "representing or personifying death",
"word": "macaber"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "representing or personifying death",
"word": "makabra"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "representing or personifying death",
"word": "makaaberi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "representing or personifying death",
"word": "kalmankatkuinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "representing or personifying death",
"word": "macabre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "representing or personifying death",
"word": "makaber"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "makávrios",
"sense": "representing or personifying death",
"word": "μακάβριος"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "representing or personifying death",
"word": "macabro"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "representing or personifying death",
"word": "macabru"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "representing or personifying death",
"word": "macaber"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "representing or personifying death",
"word": "macabro"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "representing or personifying death",
"word": "makaber"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "obsessed with death",
"word": "macabre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "obsessed with death",
"word": "morbide"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "obsessed with death",
"word": "gothique"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "obsessed with death",
"word": "thanatophile"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "obsessed with death",
"word": "macabru"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "obsessed with death",
"word": "macabro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "obsessed with death",
"word": "gótico"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "obsessed with death",
"word": "mórbido"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "obsessed with death",
"word": "mevtapesent"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zlovešt",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "зловещ"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "makaaberi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "kaamea"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "kammottava"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "macabre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "sinistre lugubre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "morbide"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "funèbre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "funeste"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "effrayant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "horrible"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "grausig"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "makávrios",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "μακάβριος"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "adhfhuafar"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seomtteukhada",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "섬뜩하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "soreum kkichida",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "소름 끼치다"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "makaber"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "makaber"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "makabryczny"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "îngrozitor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "macabro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "funesto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "siniestro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "horroroso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "horrendo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "fúnebre"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "lúgubre"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "korkunç"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "ghastly, shocking, terrifying",
"word": "dehşetengiz"
}
],
"word": "macabre"
}
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