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TOPIK 6adjective

서글프다

seogeulpeuda

서글퍼요 · 서글펐어요 · 서글픈 (+noun) (ㅡ drops)

to be sad, sorrowful, forlorn

Example

나이가 들수록 혼자인 게 서글플 때가 있어요.

The older I get, sometimes being alone feels sad.

Word parts

Related to 슬프다 'sad': a quieter, lonelier kind of sadness.