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},
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{
"text": "This paint isn't dry yet; it's still a bit tacky.",
"type": "example"
}
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"Of a substance, slightly sticky."
],
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"links": [
[
"sticky",
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]
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lepkav",
"sense": "slightly sticky",
"word": "лепкав"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "slightly sticky",
"word": "lepkavý"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "slightly sticky",
"word": "let klæbende"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slightly sticky",
"word": "tahmea"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slightly sticky",
"word": "tarttuva"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "slightly sticky",
"word": "collant"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "slightly sticky",
"word": "klebrig"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "slightly sticky",
"word": "appiccicoso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "slightly sticky",
"word": "appiccicaticcio"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "slightly sticky",
"word": "lipīgs"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "slightly sticky",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "lepki"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "slightly sticky",
"word": "pegajoso"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "slightly sticky",
"word": "grudento"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lípkij",
"sense": "slightly sticky",
"word": "ли́пкий"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "slightly sticky",
"word": "pegajoso"
}
]
}
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},
{
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"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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{
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ticky-tacky"
}
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},
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{
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{
"text": "That market stall sells all sorts of tacky ornaments.",
"type": "example"
}
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"Of low quality."
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"(colloquial) Of low quality."
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"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "billig"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "slecht"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "goedkoop"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "halpa"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "rihkama- (prefix in a compound)",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "tökerö"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "billig"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "minderwertig"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "receh"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "tandetny"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "fajuto"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "aljapovátyj",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "аляпова́тый"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nizkopróbnyj",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "низкопро́бный"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nizkokáčestvennyj",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "низкока́чественный"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"english": "cheap",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dešóvyj",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "дешёвый"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"tags": [
"Dominican-Republic"
],
"word": "chopo"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"tags": [
"Spain"
],
"word": "cutre"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"tags": [
"Mexico"
],
"word": "chafa"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"tags": [
"Mexico"
],
"word": "patito"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "baduy"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "That was a tacky thing to say.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In poor taste."
],
"id": "en-tacky-en-adj-JU8eydL7",
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) In poor taste."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "xaró"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "smagløs"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "smakeloos"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "malbongusta"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "puca"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "kiĉa"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "mauton"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "tyylitön"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"tags": [
"Quebec"
],
"word": "quétaine"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "geschmacklos"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "receh"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "di cattivo gusto"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "tamarro"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "pacchiano"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "smakløs"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "harry"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "smaklaus"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "harry"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "de mau gosto"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "brega"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "cafona"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "piroso"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezvkúsnyj",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "безвку́сный"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"tags": [
"Dominican-Republic"
],
"word": "chopo"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"tags": [
"Mexico"
],
"word": "naco"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "cursi"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "cutre"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"tags": [
"Spain"
],
"word": "hortera"
},
{
"_dis1": "10 75 4 11",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "baduy"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1967, S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders",
"text": "Steve Randle was seventeen, tall and lean, with thick greasy hair he kept combed in complicated swirls. He was tacky, smart, and Soda's best buddy since grade school.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Gaudy or flashy."
],
"id": "en-tacky-en-adj-TlXS99nB",
"links": [
[
"Gaudy",
"gaudy"
],
[
"flashy",
"flashy"
]
],
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{
"word": "flashy"
},
{
"word": "showy"
},
{
"word": "garish"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 3 89 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"word": "näyttävä"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 89 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"word": "pacchiano"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 89 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"word": "appariscente"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 89 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"word": "espalhafatoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 89 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"word": "mirabolante"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 89 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kričáščij",
"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"word": "крича́щий"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 89 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bróskij",
"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"word": "бро́ский"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 89 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mišúrnyj",
"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"word": "мишу́рный"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 89 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pokaznój",
"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"word": "показно́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 89 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"tags": [
"Mexico"
],
"word": "naco"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 89 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"word": "ordinario"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 89 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"tags": [
"Spain"
],
"word": "hortera"
}
]
},
{
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"Shabby, dowdy in one's appearance or dress."
],
"id": "en-tacky-en-adj-hnLzwq9K",
"links": [
[
"Shabby",
"shabby"
],
[
"dowdy",
"dowdy"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dowdy"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 11 7 78",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "dowdy, shabbily dressed",
"word": "nuhjuinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 11 7 78",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dowdy, shabbily dressed",
"word": "schäbig"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 11 7 78",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "dowdy, shabbily dressed",
"word": "cafona"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 11 7 78",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bédno odétyj",
"sense": "dowdy, shabbily dressed",
"word": "бе́дно оде́тый"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 8 4 85",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "dowdy, shabby (in one's appearance)",
"word": "nuhjuinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 8 4 85",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dowdy, shabby (in one's appearance)",
"word": "schäbig"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 8 4 85",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "dowdy, shabby (in one's appearance)",
"word": "desleixado"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 8 4 85",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neelegántnyj",
"sense": "dowdy, shabby (in one's appearance)",
"word": "неэлега́нтный"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 8 4 85",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nerjášlivyj",
"sense": "dowdy, shabby (in one's appearance)",
"word": "неря́шливый"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈtæki/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æki"
}
],
"word": "tacky"
}
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},
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"name": "m"
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{
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"name": "m"
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"3": "",
"4": "neglected horse"
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],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "tackies",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "tacky (plural tackies)",
"name": "en-noun"
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "tackey"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of tackey"
],
"id": "en-tacky-en-noun-76uXTq3-",
"links": [
[
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"tackey#English"
]
],
"tags": [
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"alternative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtæki/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æki"
}
],
"word": "tacky"
}
{
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"English 2-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -y",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "goedkoop"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "halpa"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
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},
{
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"word": "billig"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "minderwertig"
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"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "receh"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
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},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "fajuto"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "аляпова́тый"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "дешёвый"
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"code": "es",
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
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"Spain"
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"word": "cutre"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
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"word": "chafa"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
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{
"code": "tl",
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"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "baduy"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "xaró"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "smagløs"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "smakeloos"
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{
"code": "eo",
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"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
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{
"code": "eo",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
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{
"code": "fr",
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},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "geschmacklos"
},
{
"code": "id",
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"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
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{
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"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "di cattivo gusto"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "tamarro"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "pacchiano"
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"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
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"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
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{
"code": "nn",
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"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "harry"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "de mau gosto"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "brega"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "cafona"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "piroso"
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "cursi"
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"code": "es",
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{
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"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"word": "näyttävä"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"word": "pacchiano"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"word": "appariscente"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"word": "espalhafatoso"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"word": "mirabolante"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "kričáščij",
"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"word": "крича́щий"
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"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"word": "мишу́рный"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
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{
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"sense": "dowdy, shabbily dressed",
"word": "nuhjuinen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dowdy, shabbily dressed",
"word": "schäbig"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "dowdy, shabbily dressed",
"word": "cafona"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bédno odétyj",
"sense": "dowdy, shabbily dressed",
"word": "бе́дно оде́тый"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "dowdy, shabby (in one's appearance)",
"word": "nuhjuinen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dowdy, shabby (in one's appearance)",
"word": "schäbig"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "dowdy, shabby (in one's appearance)",
"word": "desleixado"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "neelegántnyj",
"sense": "dowdy, shabby (in one's appearance)",
"word": "неэлега́нтный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nerjášlivyj",
"sense": "dowdy, shabby (in one's appearance)",
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