만족스럽다

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Meaning and Usage

만족스럽다 is an adjective used to express a feeling of satisfaction or contentment with something. It often describes how someone feels about results, explanations, services, or experiences.

Common Contexts

This word is frequently used in formal and informal contexts when evaluating outcomes or quality. For example, you might say 만족스럽다 about a project result, a customer service experience, or an explanation.

Collocations and Patterns

  • 만족스럽다 + 결과 (result): to express satisfaction with an outcome.
  • 만족스럽지 않다: to express dissatisfaction.
  • 만족스럽게 + verb (e.g., 이용하다): to do something in a satisfactory manner.

Register and Politeness

만족스럽다 is neutral in politeness and can be used in both spoken and written Korean. It is common in professional and everyday conversations.

Common Mistakes

Learners sometimes confuse 만족스럽다 with 만족하다. 만족하다 is a verb meaning "to be satisfied," while 만족스럽다 is an adjective describing the quality or feeling of satisfaction. Use 만족스럽다 when describing something as satisfactory or pleasing.

Example Sentences

이번 프로젝트 결과에 매우 만족스럽다.

Ibeon peurojekteu gyeolgwae maeu manjokseureopda.

I am very satisfied with the results of this project.

그의 설명이 만족스럽지 않아서 다시 물어봤다.

Geuui seolmyeongi manjokseureopji anaseo dasi mureobwatta.

His explanation was not satisfactory, so I asked again.

고객들이 만족스럽게 서비스를 이용할 수 있도록 노력하고 있다.

Gogaegdeuri manjokseureopge seobiseureul iyonghal su itdorok noryeokhago itda.

We are making efforts so that customers can use the service satisfactorily.