처절

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 凄切 (“bitter, sorrowful”).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?cheojeol
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheojeol
    McCune–Reischauer?ch'ŏjŏl
    Yale Romanization?checel

    Noun

    처절 • (cheojeol) (hanja 凄切)

    1. being very pitiable and sad

    Usage notes

    • Although occasionally used as a noun in isolation, 처절 (cheojeol) is generally encountered as the non-verbal element of the light verb construction 처절하다 (cheojeol-hada). When conveying the noun meaning, the more common form is the verbal noun 처절함 (cheojeol-ham).

    Derived terms

    • 처절(凄切)하다 (cheojeolhada)

    See also

    • 처연(凄然) (cheoyeon, “pitiable and desolate”)
    • 처참(悽慘) (cheocham, “atrocious; hard to bear to see”)
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