추악하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be ugly, unsightly

Every form of 추악하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
추악한
아/어Infinitive
추악해
-으니Since
추악하니
합니다Formal
추악합니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 추악해요추악합니다추악해추악하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 추악했어요추악했습니다추악했어추악했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 추악하겠어요추악하겠습니다추악하겠어추악하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 추악할 거예요추악할 것입니다추악할 거야추악할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 추악해요?추악합니까?추악해?추악하니?
과거Past 추악했어요?추악했습니까?추악했어?추악했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 추악해요안 추악합니다안 추악해안 추악하다
-지 않다Not (long) 추악하지 않아요추악하지 않습니다추악하지 않아추악하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 추악하세요추악하십니다추악하셔추악하시다
과거Past 추악하셨어요추악하셨습니다추악하셨어추악하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
추악한
과거Past
추악한
미래Future
추악할
회상Used to
추악하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
추악하고
-게-ly / so that
추악하게
-어서so / and then
추악해서
-으니까since
추악하니까
-으면if / when
추악하면
-지만but
추악하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
추악한데
-어도even if
추악해도

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

미국의 추악한 과거를 들춰내도록 말입니다.

Invoking it brings into stark relief the ugliness of our nation's past.

그것은 추악한 것이었다

And it was an ugly one.

로스 페페스는 추악한 놈들이죠

Yes, Los Pepes are an ugly business.

어떻게 이렇게 추악한 일이 그렇게 선한 사람에게 일어날 수 있을까요?

How can something so ugly happen to someone so good?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 추악하다 in Korean?

추악하다 (to be ugly, unsightly) is 추악해요 in the polite 해요체, 추악합니다 in formal 합니다체, 추악해 in casual 반말 and 추악하다 in the plain written style. The past is 추악했어요.

What is the past tense of 추악하다?

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

Is 추악하다 irregular?

Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 추악하여 and 추악하니 but unchanged in 추악합니다.

What TOPIK level is 추악하다?

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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