Korean word

괴롭히다

Pronunciation

Romanizationkoeropida

Meaning

  • verbbully

Example

학교에서 친구를 계속 괴롭혀요.hak kkyo e seo chin gu reul kye sok koe ro pyeo yo

They keep bullying a friend at school.

Illustration for 괴롭히다 (bully)

More examples

회사에서 동료를 괴롭혀요.hoe sa e seo tong nyo reul koe ro pyeo yo

They bully a colleague at work.

Core concept

Deliberately making another person suffer or feel distressed through words or actions.

Common phrases

  • 학교에서 괴롭히다hak kkyo e seo koe ro pi da

    bully at school

  • 친구를 괴롭히다chin gu reul koe ro pi da

    bully a friend

  • 온라인에서 괴롭히다ol la i ne seo koe ro pi da

    bully online

Similar words

놀리다nollida: Playfully provoke someone with jokes or actions to draw a reaction.
귀찮게 하다kwichanke hada: Repeatedly disturb someone through unwanted requests, interruptions, or attention.
무시하다musihada: Deliberately give no attention or response to a person, message, or thing.

Definition in Korean

다른 사람을 일부러 힘들게 하거나 괴로워하게 만드는 말이나 행동을 뜻하는 동사.ta reun sa ra meul il bu reo him deul ge ha geo na koe ro wo ha ge man deu neun ma ri na haeng dong eul tteu ta neun tong sa

Word origin

The verb develops from a native Korean adjective meaning distressed or troubled by adding a causative element, so its basic idea is making another person suffer.

Usage tips

  • As a transitive verb, it places the affected person before the object marker, while the subject is the person causing the distress.

Other meanings

  • botherverb
  • tormentverb

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