Korean vocabulary list:

Negative emotions and human traits

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가라앉다
–be tranquilized
가로막다
–obstruct; block
가만있다
–sit still; sit idle
가면
–disguise
가슴앓이
–heartache; heartburn
가장
–feigning
가져가다
–steal
가책
–admonishment; rebuke
가책하다
–admonish; rebuke
가해
–doing harm; wrongdoing
간섭
–interference; meddling
간음
–adultery
간질거리다
–itch; have an itch to
갈구다
–nag; grill
갈등
–conflict; ambivalence
갈라놓다
–pull apart; separate
감상
–sentimentality
감추다
–conceal
감히
–impudently
값싸다
–careless; frivolous
강변
–farfetched argument
강요
–coercion; pressure
강요하다
–force; pressure; coerce
강제
–coercion
강제적
–coercive; compulsory
강제적
–coercion
강제하다
–coerce; force
강행
–enforcement
강행하다
–enforce
같잖다
–unseemly; absurd
갚다
–revenge; avenge
개살구
–bad stuff
개인주의
–individualism
개입
–interference; meddling
거역
–disobedience; insubordination; opposition; objection
거짓말쟁이
–liar; fibber
거치적거리다
–bother; irritate
거치적거치적
–encumberingly; unwieldly
거치적대다
–bother; irritate
거칠다
–rough; tough; violent; wild; harsh
건조하다
–dry; formal
걸다
–foulmouthed; verbally abusive
걸다
–provoke; initiate
걸리다
–bother; be anxious; feel guilty; be risked; be bet
걸어오다
–initiate; provoke
검다
–illegal; wrong; evil; hopeless; gloomy
겁쟁이
–coward
게으르다
–lazy
게으름
–laziness; idleness
게으름뱅이
–idler; lazybones
격파
–defeat
결탁
–collusion; conspiracy; complicity
경멸
–contempt; scorn
경직
–stiffness; being stiff; rigidity; inflexibility
경직성
–stiffness; rigidity; inflexibility
경직하다
–be stiff; be rigid; be formal
고소
–bitter smile
고소하다
–make a bitter smile
고집불통
–being headstrong; being willful
고집스럽다
–headstrong; willful
곡
–loud cry
과도
–excess
과실
–fault
광란
–craze; frenzy
교사
–abetting; instigating
교활
–being cunning
구두쇠
–scrooge; penny pincher
구애하다
–hinder; restrict
군소리
–nonsense
굴복
–surrender
굴복하다
–submit; surrender; yield
귀신
–loud dresser; fixture
그늘
–worry
그물
–trick; trap
극악
–atrocity; viciousness; flagrant cruelty
극악하다
–heinous; atrocious
긁다
–extort; squeeze; irritate; provoke
기다
–cringe; grovel
기만
–deception
기만하다
–deceive; delude
기생
–harm; nuisance
기어오르다
–crawl up; creep up
까다
–strip down; take off; strike; hit; kick; criticize; denounce; attack; drink alcohol; turn something over and show it
까다롭다
–particular; fussy; picky; fastidious
까딱
–In the manner of moving or behaving mistakenly
까마득히
–distant; at a loss; completely forgotten; utterly ignorant
까먹다
–squander; waste; forget
깨다
–break; violate
깨뜨리다
–break; violate; disturb
깨어지다
–fail to keep; fail to accomplish; get injured
깨지다
–be broken; be violated; be hurt; be injured
꼬부라지다
–be bent; be stooped
꼬부랑
–being crooked; being bent-over
꼴
–look; sight
꼴불견
–shabbiness; indecency; ugly scene
꼴사납다
–ugly; unsightly
끙끙거리다
–suffer
끙끙대다
–suffer
낚아채다
–snatch; tear; steal; take
난동
–violent acts; wild behavior; disturbance
날조되다
–be fabricated; be invented
날조하다
–fabricate; invent
날카롭다
–fierce; harsh
남용
–abuse; improper use
낮도깨비
–daytime goblin; shameless man
낯설다
–unknown; unfamiliar; unacquainted; strange
내리
–severely; wildly
내몰다
–expel; send out; press; rush
내버리다
–not care
냉각
–cooling off
너구리
–sly person
넘기다
–dismiss; ignore
넘보다
–covet; want; desire; look down on; underestimate
넘어가다
–be fooled; be deceived; fall for
넘어뜨리다
–bring down; trip; overthrow; topple
넘어오다
–be deceived; be cheated; come up; throw up; rise
노랗다
–sallow
노래
–nagging; pestering
노래하다
–nag; pester; clamor
노려보다
–glare; look sharply; look piercingly
노리다
–having an unpleasant meat odor; having an unpleasant meat taste; stingy; miserly
노리다
–glare; look sharply
노린내
–meat odor
놀다
–lead a fast life; misconduct; act as one pleases; act disapprovingly; act recklessly; get in the way
농락
–cajolement
눈꼴사납다
–hateful to see
눈살
–frown; glare
눈속임
–deception; cheating
느릿느릿
–sluggishly
늦다
–be late
다치다
–be injured; do harm
단점
–weakness; shortcoming; demerit
달랑
–hastily; rashly
답답하다
–stifling; suffocating; dull; inflexible; stuffy; cramped
더럽히다
–humiliate; taint; damage
덥수룩이
–shaggily; bushily
덥수룩하다
–bushy
덫
–trap
덮다
–cover; hide; conceal; suppress
덮치다
–hit; collapse; pounce
도둑
–steal; thief
도둑질
–theft; stealing
독단
–arbitrary decision-making
돌
–stupid; bonehead
돌다
–not recall; be dizzy; feel giddy; go crazy
돌부처
–bigot; stick in the mud
돌팔매
–stone-throwing
되다
–to be killed
둘러쓰다
–take someone's guilt
뒷길
–improper means
들뜨다
–be swollen
들이닥치다
–rush in; storm into
들이대다
–confront; challenge
딱
–really
떡
–mat
떨어뜨리다
–leave behind; separate
떨어지다
–be disaffected toward; take a disgust at; be put off by; lose; be defeated; be unsuccessful; die; pass away; miscarry
떼
–pestering; begging for something
떼다
–turn away from; break away from; separate from; distance from; abort
떼어먹다
–not pay back; embezzle
떼쟁이
–insistent person
똥배
–potbelly
뛰다
–take off; make off; get away; run away; bolt
뛰다
–react strongly
뜨다
–insensitive
뜨다
–grow sallow
뜨다
–appear; be present
마구잡이
–random behavior
마르다
–become cold-hearted
마수
–evil hand; evil influence
막
–violently; wildly; recklessly; roughly
막가다
–behave badly
막다르다
–dead-end
막히다
–get tongue-tied; be at a loss; be chocked; be stuffed; be hardheaded
만들다
–hurt; cut; cause; scheme
말
–frustration
매장
–burial
매장되다
–be buried
맥주병
–swimming like a brick; poor swimmer
맹꽁이
–fool; loon; idiot
머뭇거리다
–jib at; hold back; waver
머저리
–dimwit; a stupid person
먹다
–get; feel
멀다
–go blind; be hard of hearing; lose one's judgment
멈칫
–hesitatingly
멈칫거리다
–hesitate repeatedly; waver repeatedly
멈칫대다
–hesitate repeatedly; waver repeatedly
멈칫멈칫
–hesitatingly
멈칫하다
–hesitate; waver
멋대로
–as one likes
멋쩍다
–awkward; embarrassing; feeling ill at ease; feeling uncomfortable
멍울
–lump; swelling
멍청이
–fool
멍텅구리
–fool
명수
–master; expert; guru
모략
–plot
모르다
–not know; be unable to; cannot; have no experience of; have never experienced; only care about; will never know; cannot imagine; not care; does not matter; not feel; not realize; fail to do; would not do
모욕
–insult; affront
모욕적
–insulting
모욕적
–being insulting
모욕죄
–defamation; calumny; vilification; traducement
모함
–slander; defamation
몰골
–looks; appearance
몰다
–charge; denounce; accuse; brand
몰라보다
–fail to recognize; be rude; fail to appreciate
몰아넣다
–corner
몰아세우다
–corner; push to one side; give a hard time
몸서리
–shudder
못되다
–nasty; naughty; ugly
못생기다
–ugly-looking; homely
무겁다
–heavy; depressed
무너뜨리다
–thwart; demean; frustrate; discourage
무너지다
–be heart-broken; be shattered
무능
–incompetence
무리
–being too much; unreasonableness; impracticality; being out of reach; burden; stress; strain
무섭다
–afraid
무식
–ignorance
무식쟁이
–fool; ignorant person
무자비
–mercilessness; cruelty
무정
–heartlessness; pitilessness
무지
–ignorance; stupidity
묻다
–blame; criticize; hold someone accountable
물어뜯다
–harass
미로
–maze; labyrinth; confusion
미움
–hate; hatred
미워하다
–hate; dislike
미치다
–go mad; lose one's mind; be crazy; be absurd
밀고
–informing against; squealing; ratting on
밉다
–ugly
바람
–palsy; overstatement; exaggeration; hot seat; instigation; false hope
바보
–idiot; fool; being retarded; dumber; jerk
바보짓
–foolery; folly
박색
–ugly face
박해
–persecution; oppression
박히다
–be brainwashed; become routine
반발
–opposition; resistance
반항
–defiance; disobedience; rebellion
반항하다
–defy; disobey; rebel
받다
–be generous; pamper
받히다
–be butted; be gored
발꿈치
–tip of one's toe
발뒤꿈치
–tip of one's toe
밟다
–bully
밥
–pushover
방치
–negligence
배격
–rejection; rebuff
배반
–betrayal; treachery
배척
–rejection; exclusion
버럭
–suddenly; abruptly
버릇없다
–rude
버리다
–desert; leave; abandon; disown; forget; let go; spoil; ruin; harm; hurt
범죄
–crime
벼락
–harsh scolding
변덕
–caprice; fickleness
변덕쟁이
–fickle person; whimsical person
보다
–badmouth; speak ill of
보이다
–show; react; undergo
복수
–revenge
봉
–dupe
부당
–injustice; being unfair; being wrongful
부도덕
–being immoral; being unethical
부도덕하다
–immoral; unethical
부러
–deliberately; intentionally
부산
–bustle; fuss
부서지다
–be broken; be shattered
부인
–denial
부인하다
–deny
부정
–unfaithfulness; infidelity
부정
–unlawfulness; illegitimacy
부정부패
–corruption
부정확하다
–inaccurate
부조리
–irregularity; unreasonableness
부족하다
–inadequate
부주의
–carelessness
분
–anger; wrath
불같다
–short-tempered; fiercely; harshly
불규칙
–irregularity
불규칙하다
–irregular
불량
–misconduct; misbehavior
불명
–indecent behavior
불순
–impoliteness
불순
–rebelliousness
불의
–injustice; unrighteousness
불장난
–playing with fire; affair
불편
–discomfort; awkwardness
불편하다
–uncomfortable; awkward
불합리
–being unreasonable; being illogical
불효
–not being filial
불효자
–undutiful child; unfilial child
비다
–be empty-headed; be foolish
비리
–irregularity; corruption
비싸다
–play hard to get
비웃다
–laugh mockingly; jeer at; ridicule
비하
–self-deprecation; abasement; belittlement
비행
–wrongdoing; misconduct; misdemeanor; delinquency; malpractice
비행
–wrongdoing; misconduct; misdemeanor; delinquency; malpractice
빈틈
–loophole
빚
–favor; help
빼다
–make an affected pose; assume airs
빼다
–evade; shirk; sneak away; turn tail
빼물다
–pout one's mouth haughtily
뼈
–sarcasm
사기
–swindling; fraud; deception; cheating
사납다
–violent; fierce; ferocious
사대주의
–flunkyism
사심
–evil mind
사심
–ulterior motive; being selfish; self-interest
사절
–refusal; decline; rejection
사치
–extravagance; lavishness
상관
–meddling
상극
–opposite; disaccord; incompatibility
상대하다
–fight with
새대가리
–birdbrain
생쥐
–mouse
서늘하다
–chilled
설다
–unfamiliar; inexperienced; unskilled
성깔
–being short-tempered
세다
–unlucky; ill-fated; ill-omened
세우다
–be obstinate
소동
–disturbance; fuss; commotion
소리소리
–loudly
속인
–vulgar person
손대다
–touch; have a finger in
쇠사슬
–chain
쇼
–show
순진
–naivety
술주정
–drunk words or behavior
숨기다
–hide
시기하다
–envy; be jealous
시위
–demonstration; protest
신물
–being sick of; being tired of
실례
–rudeness; impoliteness
실망시키다
–disappoint
실수
–breach of etiquette; discourtesy
쌀쌀하다
–brusque; distant; icy
썩다
–be decayed; decay; be decadent; be tormented; be anguish
쑥
–In the manner of intruding while talking carelessly
쓰다
–be unreasonable; insist
쓰다
–bitter
쓰레기
–rubbish; scum
아무렇다
–careless
악
–evil; badness; vice
악마
–the devil
악습
–bad habit; evil practice
악의
–evil heart
악하다
–evil; wicked
악한
–wicked fellow; villain
악행
–evil conduct; wrongdoing
안기다
–charge; lay; entrust
안짱다리
–bow legs; bandy legs; being bowlegged; being bandy-legged
안타까워하다
–feel sorry
앉다
–sit idly by
알랑거리다
–flatter; adulate; bootlick
압박
–pressure; oppression
애
–anxiety; worry; efforts; troubles; hard time
애교
–charms; winningness; coquetry
야만
–barbarity; savagery
야만인
–barbarian; savage
야심
–vulgarity; meanness
얕다
–shallow; thoughtless; imprudent
어렵다
–difficult
어리다
–childish; immature
어물어물
–slowly; sluggishly; equivocally; hesitantly
어물어물하다
–move sluggishly; equivocate; hesitate
어이
–being unspeakable; being staggering; being absurd
어처구니
–being unspeakable; being staggering; being absurd
억지
–groundlessness; unnaturalness; unreasonableness
억지스럽다
–stubborn; obstinate
얽매다
–restrict; bind; tie up
없다
–poor; impossible; unable; disrespectful
없애다
–kill
에다
–hurt
역적
–traitor
영합
–flattery; adulation; ingratiation
예리하다
–sharp; shrill; high-pitched
오기
–arrogance; putting on airs
오류
–fallacy; mistake
오리발
–pretence
오만
–arrogance; pride
오염되다
–be corrupted
오해
–misunderstanding
외로
–in the wrong direction; to an evil course
외로움
–loneliness
외롭다
–lonely; solitary
외면
–avoidance; disregard
요망
–cunningness; slyness; carelessness; recklessness
욕보이다
–make ashamed; make someone go through hardship
욕쟁이
–being foul-mouthed
우
–foolishness; stupidity
우둔
–stupidity; silliness
울다
–cry; ring; be frustrated
울보
–crybaby
울음소리
–crying sound; weeping sound
웃다
–ridicule
위장
–concealment
위험성
–peril; dangerousness; risk
위협
–threat; menace; intimidation
유기
–neglect; abandonment
유난히
–fastidiously; unusually
유예
–hesitation
윽박지르다
–bully; browbeat
음란
–obsceneness
음란하다
–obscene; lewd
이용
–exploitation; use
이유
–excuse; account
인사치레
–greetings out of courtesy; greetings out of politeness; compliments for the sake of formality
일부러
–deliberately; intentionally
잃어버리다
–lose; be bereaved of
입히다
–inflict; cause
잊어버리다
–forget; be forgetful of
자극되다
–be excited; be stirred
자랑하다
–boast; brag; make a boast of
자존
–self-conceit; excessive self-satisfaction
자칭
–self-praise; self-styling; self-proclamation
자행
–committing; perpetration
작다
–narrow-minded
잔꾀
–petty tricks
잔소리
–nitpicking; preaching; scolding
잔학
–cruelty; brutality; atrocity
잘다
–narrow-minded; meticulous
잘못
–thoughtlessly; recklessly
잘못하다
–commit an error; blunder; misdo; do improperly; do amiss
잠
–sleep
잡아끌다
–pull; draw; jerk
잡아떼다
–deny
잡아매다
–tie
잡아먹다
–tease; nag
잡아채다
–snatch
잡종
–jerk
장관
–scene
장난
–trick
장난기
–being mischievous
장단
–tune
재미없다
–not interesting; getting someone in trouble
저지
–blockage
저지르다
–commit; make
적의
–hostility
전철
–mistake
정상
–pitiful state
제멋대로
–recklessly; rudely
조롱
–ridicule
조작
–forgery
졸
–pushover
좋다
–having a lot of nerve; good; nice
주색
–debauchery
주색잡기
–debauchery
주저
–hesitation
주저되다
–hesitate
주저앉다
–collapse; fall
주제넘다
–crossing the line; being over the line
중상
–slander
쥐새끼
–sly dog
쥐약
–Achilles' heel
지랄
–rash act; epilepsy
지르다
–agitate
지우다
–be owed; be in debt
짐승
–beast; brute
짓거리
–act
짓다
–commit
짓밟다
–suppress; damage
찌릿찌릿
–throbbingly; heartache
찢다
–break; tear
차다
–cold; icy
착
–gloomily
참경
–terrible sight
채다
–snatch
채다
–be kicked; be dumped
책망
–scold; reproach; rebuke
천천히
–slowly
철부지
–immature person
촉발
–trigger; provocation
촉새
–gabber
축구
–moron; idiot
춤추다
–follow someone blindly
치기
–childishness; puerility
치다
–make; come to nothing
타다
–become worried
타락
–depravity; degradation
타락하다
–degrade; go wrong
탄식
–lamentation; sigh
탈
–disguise
탈선
–deviation; going astray; divergence; digression
태
–pretense
태만
–laziness
태우다
–be worried; make someone worry
터뜨리다
–vent; burst
틀리다
–be warped; be twisted
파괴적
–being destructive; being devastating; being subversive; being disruptive
파괴하다
–destruct; destroy; devastate; subvert; disrupt
파랗다
–pale
패
–wit; trick
패륜
–immorality; obliquity
포기
–giving up
포기되다
–be given up
표류
–wandering
핍박
–persecution
핍박하다
–persecute
핑계
–excuse
하얗다
–pale; white
학대
–abuse; mistreatment
한
–han
합리화
–justification; making an excuse
행적
–track record; performance
허영
–vanity; pretense; show
허옇다
–pale; white
헐뜯다
–slander; malign; speak ill of
헐벗다
–wear ragged clothes; become bare
현혹
–delusion; deceptiveness
형광등
–fluorescent lamp
호랑이
–scary
혹독히
–harshly; severely; bitterly; cruelly; mercilessly
혹부리
–man with a lump
황소
–ox
횡행
–rampancy; prevalence
후진
–being underdeveloped; being less developed
훼방
–slander; libel; interruption; disturbance; obstruction
흐리다
–gloomy; cloudy; long-faced
흐리다
–cloud; blur; tarnish
흐리멍덩하다
–unclear; blurred; vague; ambiguous; dim; faint
흐릿하다
–unclear; indistinct; vague; faint; dim; blurred; dull; muddy; murky; turbid
흠
–shortcoming; weakness