Modern Korean Slang & Expressions

감성에 젖다

gamseonge jeotda

The concept

emo了/破大防 (deeply moved or upset)

To get hit by a wave of feels — emo, melancholy, soaked in emotion. '감성 터졌다' / '울컥했다' are similar for being deeply moved.

Korean	English
밤에 옛날 노래 들으니까 갑자기 감성에 젖네. bame yennal norae deureunikka gapjagi gamseonge jenne.	Listening to old songs at night, I suddenly got all in my feels.

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