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TOPIK 6adjective

망측하다

mangcheukada [망츠카다]

망측해요 · 망측했어요 · 망측한 (+noun)

outrageous, shameful, indecent

Example

도대체 이런 망측한 소문이 어디서 나온 거예요?

Where on earth did such an outrageous rumor come from?

Word parts

망 not측 measure

Literally 'beyond measuring' — too absurd to believe.

Good to know

The exclamation 망측해라! is what an older person says at something shocking or indecent.