머뭇거리다

meomutgeorida · [머묻꺼리다]

jib at · hold back · waver

verbIntermediate

Meanings

  1. jib at; hold back; waverTo keep hesitating, not speaking or acting right away.

Examples from Lessons (3)

Personally, I find it frustrating when the man hesitates like that; I just want to step in and help the protagonist.

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Just as the protagonists hesitate or exclaim in their speech, we too can pick up natural Korean speaking habits.

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아까 회의를 할 때도 김 부장님을 김 부장님이라고 명확히 부르지 않고 머뭇거리는 모습을 보이더군요.

Even during the meeting earlier, you hesitated instead of clearly calling General Manager Kim 'General Manager Kim'.

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Grammar in These Examples

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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