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TOPIK 5verb

골몰하다

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골몰해요 · 골몰했어요 · 골몰할 거예요 · 골몰하세요

to be absorbed in, to be preoccupied with

Example

그는 요즘 새 사업 구상에 골몰해 있어요.

These days he's absorbed in planning a new business.

Word parts

Literally 'sunk deep' — fully submerged in one thing.

Good to know

Pattern ~에 골몰하다, suggesting someone so deep in thought they ignore everything else.