난처하다

nancheohada · [난처하다]

awkward · embarrassing

adjectiveIntermediate

Meanings

  1. awkward; embarrassingBeing in a very uncomfortable situation where it is difficult to decide what to do.

Written Forms

난처하다Hangul
難處하다Hanja

Examples from Lessons (2)

Office workers often find themselves in awkward situations where they have to attend company dinners they would rather avoid.

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There may be awkward situations during meetings where one has to disagree with the other party's opinion.

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Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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