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TOPIK 4noun

외로움

oeroum

외로움이 · 외로움을

loneliness

Example

혼자 외국에서 살 때 외로움을 많이 느꼈어요.

I felt very lonely when I lived abroad by myself.

Word parts

Noun from 외롭다 (to be lonely); the ㅂ becomes 우.

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Collocation: 외로움을 타다 = to be prone to loneliness, to get lonely easily.