day 69relief and despair

relief and despair

Say where a feeling sits (속이 후련하다, 마음이 홀가분하다, 기분이 허탈하다), and talk about relief, triumph and despair: 천만다행, 통쾌하다, 환호, 탄성, 허무, 허망, 한탄, 흐느끼다.

today’s words

• 처량하다 cheoryanghada · forlorn, pitiful (of your situation)
• 천만다행 cheonmandahaeng · a great relief, very lucky
• 치밀다 chimilda · well up, surge (anger, feeling)
• 치욕 chiyok · humiliation, disgrace
• 쾌감 kwaegam · pleasure, thrill
• 쾌락 kwaerak · pleasure (of the senses)
• 탄성 tanseong · cry of admiration, gasp
• 탄식 tansik · sigh (of grief), lament
• 통쾌하다 tongkwaehada · thrilling, satisfying (to see justice done)
• 평온 pyeongon · calm, peace
• 포부 pobu · ambition, aspiration
• 한심하다 hansimhada · pathetic, hopeless
• 한탄 hantan · lament, bemoaning
• 허망 heomang · futility, emptiness
• 허무 heomu · emptiness, futility
• 허탈 heotal · dejection, being drained
• 혐오 hyeomo · hatred, aversion
• 홀가분하다 holgabunhada · light, unburdened
• 환호 hwanho · cheers, acclaim
• 후련하다 huryeonhada · relieved (after getting it out)
• 흐느끼다 heuneukkida · sob

sentences

• 비 오는 밤 혼자 버스를 기다리는 내 모습이 처량했다. · Waiting for the bus alone on a rainy night, I felt sorry for myself.
• 큰 사고였지만 다친 사람이 없어서 천만다행이었다. · It was a serious accident, but by great good fortune no one was hurt.
• 억울한 말을 듣자 화가 치밀었다. · Hearing such an unfair accusation, I felt anger surge up.
• 그 경기의 결과는 팀에게 오랫동안 치욕으로 남았다. · The result of that match remained a disgrace for the team for years.
• 어려운 문제를 풀었을 때의 쾌감은 말로 할 수 없다. · The thrill of solving a hard problem is beyond words.