Word details
못되다
- Pronunciation
- 몯ː뙤다 / 몯ː뛔다
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Vocabulary level
- intermediate
- Application
- 못된 [몯ː뙨 / 몯ː뛘 ]
못되어 [몯ː뙤어 / 몯ː뛔여 ] (못돼 [몯ː뙈 ])
못되니 [몯ː뙤니 / 몯ː뛔니 ]
못됩니다 [몯ː뙴니다 / 몯ː뛤니다 ]
nasty; naughty
(for one's personality or behavior) Morally bad.
ugly
Ugly and not pretty in appearance.
Proverbs
못된 송아지 엉덩이에 뿔이 난다.
A naughty calf grows horns on its buttocks
An ill-tempered person tends to do something unacceptable.
못되면 조상 탓 (잘되면 제 탓)
blaming the ancestors if something gets ugly (while giving credit to oneself if it goes right)
An expression that describes an attitude that blames others when things go wrong or do not go as planned.