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TOPIK 5adjective

파렴치하다

paryeomchihada

파렴치해요 · 파렴치했어요 · 파렴치한 (+noun)

shameless, brazen, unscrupulous

Example

노인을 속여 돈을 빼앗은 파렴치한 범죄가 늘고 있습니다.

Shameless crimes of cheating the elderly out of money are increasing.

Word parts

파 break렴 integrity치 shame

Literally 'breaking integrity and sense of shame'.

Good to know

파렴치한 also works as a noun meaning 'a shameless person, a scoundrel'.