어색하다

eosaekhada
AdjectiveTOPIK 2 - Intermediate

Definitions

1
awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
Uncomfortable and not natural because one is facing another person whom one does not know well or has not wanted to see.
잘 모르거나 별로 만나고 싶지 않았던 사람과 마주 대하여 불편하고 자연스럽지 못하다.
2
awkward; unreasonable; absurd
Not having sufficient grounds and illogical.
말의 근거가 부족하고 비논리적이다.
3
awkward
Not natural because it is against a certain rule, norm, custom, etc.
격식이나 규범, 관습 등에 맞지 않아 자연스럽지 않다.

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Dictionary data from Korean Learners' Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA.