씁쓸하다
Meanings
Adjective
1. to be bitter, bitterish
Pronunciation
sseupsseulhada
Examples2
한약을 들이킨 듯 입안이 씁쓸했고 가슴은 말 못할 무언가로 미어졌다.
There was a bitter taste in my mouth, as if I had gulped down herbal medicine, and my heart [lit. "chest"] was about to burst with something unspeakable.
학문의 상아탑이 취업 기관으로 전락한 모습을 보니 씁쓸하다.
It leaves a bitter taste in my mouth to see these sacred abodes of knowledge degenerate into institutions for employment.