악물다

to grit, to clench

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
악무는
아/어Infinitive
악물어
-으니Since
악무니
합니다Formal
악뭅니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 악물어요악뭅니다악물어악문다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 악물었어요악물었습니다악물었어악물었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 악물겠어요악물겠습니다악물겠어악물겠다
-을 것이다Going to 악물 거예요악물 것입니다악물 거야악물 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 악물어요?악뭅니까?악물어?악무니?
과거Past 악물었어요?악물었습니까?악물었어?악물었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 악무세요악무십시오악물어악물어라
청유Let's 악물어요악뭅시다악물어악물자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 악물어요안 악뭅니다안 악물어안 악문다
-지 않다Not (long) 악물지 않아요악물지 않습니다악물지 않아악물지 않는다
못Cannot 못 악물어요못 악뭅니다못 악물어못 악문다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 악무세요악무십니다악무셔악무신다
과거Past 악무셨어요악무셨습니다악무셨어악무셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
악무는
과거Past
악문
미래Future
악물
회상Used to
악물던

Joining clauses

-고and
악물고
-게-ly / so that
악물게
-어서so / and then
악물어서
-으니까since
악무니까
-으면if / when
악물면
-지만but
악물지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
악무는데
-어도even if
악물어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 악물고 있어요악물고 있습니다악물고 있어악물고 있다
과거Was doing 악물고 있었어요악물고 있었습니다악물고 있었어악물고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

어려운 선택들은 괴롭고, 절망적이고, 이를 악물만한 것처럼 보입니다.

Hard choices seem to be occasions for agonizing, hand-wringing, the gnashing of teeth.

이를 악물다

to grit one's teeth

그것은 이로 악무는 것이고 증오였다. 그것은 참을 수 없는 것이었다.

It was an act of clenched teeth and hatred. It was the unendurable.

저는 그 모든 날카로운 말을 삼키며 이를 악물고서, 그 대신에 그들의 거들먹거리는 질문에 하나씩 대답했습니다.

I swallowed every sharp word in my throat, clenched my jaw, and instead answered each one of their condescending questions and statements.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 악물다 in Korean?

악물다 (to grit, to clench) is 악물어요 in the polite 해요체, 악뭅니다 in formal 합니다체, 악물어 in casual 반말 and 악문다 in the plain written style. The past is 악물었어요.

What is the past tense of 악물다?

악물었어요 in everyday polite speech, 악물었습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 악물어 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 악물다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 악물어 and 악무니 but unchanged in 악뭅니다.

What TOPIK level is 악물다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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