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TOPIK 6verb

괄시하다

gwalsihada [괄씨하다]

괄시해요 · 괄시했어요 · 괄시할 거예요 · 괄시하세요

to look down on, to treat with contempt, to slight

Example

가난하다고 사람을 괄시하면 안 돼요.

You shouldn't look down on people just because they're poor.

Word parts

괄 indifferent시 look

Literally 'look at someone indifferently' — treating them as unimportant.

Good to know

Pronounced [괄씨] — tensing after ㄹ in Sino-Korean words.