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TOPIK 4adverb

울퉁불퉁

ultungbultung

울퉁불퉁하다 · 울퉁불퉁한 (+noun)

bumpy, uneven, rugged

Example

시골길이 울퉁불퉁해서 차가 많이 흔들려요.

The country road is bumpy, so the car shakes a lot.

Word parts

의태어 (manner word) for a surface full of bumps and dips; the rhyme 울퉁 + 불퉁 echoes the up-and-down.

Good to know

Mostly used as 울퉁불퉁하다. Also for bulging muscles: 근육이 울퉁불퉁해요.