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},
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"Aloof; reserved; unsociable and unfriendly."
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"word": "distant"
},
{
"word": "stand-offish"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sdǎržan",
"sense": "unsociable",
"word": "сдържан"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rezerviran",
"sense": "unsociable",
"word": "резервиран"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unsociable",
"word": "kylmäkiskoinen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unsociable",
"word": "reserviert"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unsociable",
"word": "spröde"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unsociable",
"word": "hochnäsig"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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{
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unsociable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "antisocial"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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},
{
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"word": "hosco"
},
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"sense": "unsociable",
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"masculine"
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"word": "hurón"
},
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"code": "es",
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]
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"tags": [
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},
{
"ipa": "/stænˈdɔː.fɪʃ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/stænˈdɔ.fɪʃ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/stænˈdɑ.fɪʃ/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
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"ipa": "[steənˈdɑ.fɪʃ]",
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},
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},
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"Aloof; reserved; unsociable and unfriendly."
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[
"reserved",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
{
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"General-American"
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{
"ipa": "/stænˈdɑ.fɪʃ/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[steənˈdɑ.fɪʃ]",
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"tags": [
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],
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"word": "cold"
},
{
"word": "distant"
},
{
"word": "stand-offish"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sdǎržan",
"sense": "unsociable",
"word": "сдържан"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rezerviran",
"sense": "unsociable",
"word": "резервиран"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unsociable",
"word": "kylmäkiskoinen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unsociable",
"word": "reserviert"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unsociable",
"word": "spröde"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unsociable",
"word": "hochnäsig"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unsociable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "huraño"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unsociable",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "huraña"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unsociable",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "antisocial"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unsociable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arisco"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unsociable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hosco"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unsociable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hurón"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unsociable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apartadizo"
}
],
"word": "standoffish"
}
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