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TOPIK 5adjective

괴상하다

goesanghada

괴상해요 · 괴상했어요 · 괴상한 (+noun)

weird, bizarre, freakish

Example

그 사람은 괴상한 옷을 입고 나타났어요.

That person showed up wearing weird clothes.

Word parts

괴 means 'weird', as in 괴물 'monster' — monster-level strange.

Good to know

More negative than 이상하다; 기이하다 sounds more neutral and literary.