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"sense": "wild",
"word": "désobéissant"
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"sense": "wild",
"word": "𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃"
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"code": "got",
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sarkeš",
"sense": "wild",
"word": "سرکش"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nâfarmân",
"sense": "wild",
"word": "نافرمان"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "wild",
"word": "descontrolado"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "wild",
"word": "desgovernado"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "wild",
"word": "nesupus"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "wild",
"word": "neascultător"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nekontrolírujemyj",
"sense": "wild",
"word": "неконтроли́руемый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neposlúšnyj",
"sense": "wild",
"word": "непослу́шный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "wild",
"word": "revoltoso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "wild",
"word": "descontrolado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "wild",
"word": "incontrolable"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "wild",
"word": "díscolo"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bújnyj",
"sense": "wild",
"word": "бу́йний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nesluxnjányj",
"sense": "wild",
"word": "неслухня́ний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "buntivnýj",
"sense": "wild",
"word": "бунтівни́й"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nekontrolʹóvanyj",
"sense": "wild",
"word": "неконтрольо́ваний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nepokírnyj",
"sense": "wild",
"word": "непокі́рний"
}
],
"word": "unruly"
}
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