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눈시울을 붉히다

nunsiureul bulkida [눈씨우를 불키다]

눈시울을 붉혀요 · 눈시울을 붉혔어요 · 눈시울을 붉히며

to be moved to tears; to have one's eyes well up

Example

딸의 졸업식에서 어머니는 눈시울을 붉히셨어요.

At her daughter's graduation, the mother's eyes welled up with tears.

Word parts

눈시울 = the rims of the eyes; literally 'to redden the eye rims.'

Good to know

Pronounced [불키다]; a softer, more literary way to say someone almost cried.