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TOPIK 6adjective

야속하다

yasokada [야소카다]

야속해요 · 야속했어요 · 야속한 (+noun)

to be hurtfully cold, unkind (making you feel let down)

Example

생일을 잊어버린 친구가 조금 야속했어요.

I felt a little hurt that my friend forgot my birthday.

Word parts

Hanja mean 'rustic, vulgar'; today it means feeling hurt by someone's coldness.

Good to know

Pronounced [야소카다]; also for things like 야속한 세월 — time that cruelly flies.