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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "zlòčest"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous",
"word": "intratable"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous",
"word": "terco"
},
{
"alt": "不堪",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "bất kham"
}
],
"word": "ornery"
}
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