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TOPIK 4verb

괴로워하다

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괴로워해요 · 괴로워했어요 · 괴로워할 거예요 · 괴로워하지 마세요

to suffer, to be distressed, to agonize

Example

친구가 시험에 떨어져서 많이 괴로워하고 있어요.

My friend failed the exam and is really struggling.

Word parts

괴롭다 + -어하다.

Good to know

Use 괴롭다 for your own feelings, but 괴로워하다 to describe someone else's.