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"sense": "inspiring pity or compassion",
"word": "meelijwekkend"
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"sense": "inspiring pity or compassion",
"word": "surkea"
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"sense": "inspiring pity or compassion",
"word": "säälittävä"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sac̣q̇ali",
"sense": "inspiring pity or compassion",
"word": "საწყალი"
},
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sacodavi",
"sense": "inspiring pity or compassion",
"word": "საცოდავი"
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"sense": "inspiring pity or compassion",
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"sense": "inspiring pity or compassion",
"word": "whakaaroha"
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"roman": "žálkij",
"sense": "inspiring pity or compassion",
"word": "жа́лкий"
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"word": "несча́стный"
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"sense": "inspiring pity or compassion",
"word": "sentir lastima o compasion"
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"Bad; woeful; deplorable."
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"roman": "pečalen",
"sense": "causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow",
"word": "печален"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "plačeven",
"sense": "causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow",
"word": "плачевен"
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{
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"sense": "causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow",
"word": "kaduttava"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow",
"word": "katuva"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow",
"word": "katuvainen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow",
"word": "reuig"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow",
"word": "reumütig"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow",
"word": "āwhitu"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow",
"word": "kōhau"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow",
"word": "ngetengete"
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"sense": "causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow",
"word": "leet (nds)"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow",
"word": "recalcado"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "grústnyj",
"sense": "causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow",
"word": "гру́стный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pečálʹnyj",
"sense": "causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow",
"word": "печа́льный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "unýlyj",
"sense": "causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow",
"word": "уны́лый"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "inspiring pity or compassion",
"word": "meelijwekkend"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "inspiring pity or compassion",
"word": "surkea"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "inspiring pity or compassion",
"word": "säälittävä"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sac̣q̇ali",
"sense": "inspiring pity or compassion",
"word": "საწყალი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sacodavi",
"sense": "inspiring pity or compassion",
"word": "საცოდავი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "inspiring pity or compassion",
"word": "kläglich"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "inspiring pity or compassion",
"word": "whakaaroha"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žálkij",
"sense": "inspiring pity or compassion",
"word": "жа́лкий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nesčástnyj",
"sense": "inspiring pity or compassion",
"word": "несча́стный"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "inspiring pity or compassion",
"word": "sentir lastima o compasion"
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],
"word": "rueful"
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