추하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be ugly

Every form of 추하다 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
추한
아/어Infinitive
추해
-으니Since
추하니
합니다Formal
추합니다

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 추해요추합니다추해추하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 추했어요추했습니다추했어추했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 추하겠어요추하겠습니다추하겠어추하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 추할 거예요추할 것입니다추할 거야추할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 추해요?추합니까?추해?추하니?
과거Past 추했어요?추했습니까?추했어?추했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 추해요안 추합니다안 추해안 추하다
-지 않다Not (long) 추하지 않아요추하지 않습니다추하지 않아추하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 추하세요추하십니다추하셔추하시다
과거Past 추하셨어요추하셨습니다추하셨어추하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
추한
과거Past
추한
미래Future
추할
회상Used to
추하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
추하고
-게-ly / so that
추하게
-어서so / and then
추해서
-으니까since
추하니까
-으면if / when
추하면
-지만but
추하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
추한데
-어도even if
추해도

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.

우리 몸의 가장 추한 부분은 뇌입니다.

The ugliest part of our body is our brain.

미국 남부에서는 추한 노파가 다가오는 것이라고 여깁니다.

In the southern United States, the hag comes for you.

추해지는 위험부담이죠.

The risk to be ugly.

진짜가 되는 건 추해지는 겁니다.

To be authentic is to be ugly.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 추하다 in Korean?

추하다 (to be ugly) is 추해요 in the polite 해요체, 추합니다 in formal 합니다체, 추해 in casual 반말 and 추하다 in the plain written style. The past is 추했어요.

What is the past tense of 추하다?

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

Is 추하다 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 추하여 and 추하니 but unchanged in 추합니다.

What TOPIK level is 추하다?

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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