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TOPIK 4adjective

퉁명스럽다

tungmyeongseureopda [퉁명스럽따]

퉁명스러워요 · 퉁명스러웠어요 · 퉁명스러운 (+noun) (ㅂ irregular)

curt, brusque, blunt

Example

점원이 퉁명스럽게 대답해서 기분이 나빴어요.

The clerk answered curtly, so I felt bad.

Good to know

Usually describes a way of speaking: 퉁명스럽게 말하다 'to speak curtly'.