업신여기다

to look down on

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
업신여기는
아/어Infinitive
업신여겨
-으니Since
업신여기니
합니다Formal
업신여깁니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 업신여겨요업신여깁니다업신여겨업신여긴다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 업신여겼어요업신여겼습니다업신여겼어업신여겼다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 업신여기겠어요업신여기겠습니다업신여기겠어업신여기겠다
-을 것이다Going to 업신여길 거예요업신여길 것입니다업신여길 거야업신여길 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 업신여겨요?업신여깁니까?업신여겨?업신여기니?
과거Past 업신여겼어요?업신여겼습니까?업신여겼어?업신여겼니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 업신여기세요업신여기십시오업신여겨업신여겨라
청유Let's 업신여겨요업신여깁시다업신여겨업신여기자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 업신여겨요안 업신여깁니다안 업신여겨안 업신여긴다
-지 않다Not (long) 업신여기지 않아요업신여기지 않습니다업신여기지 않아업신여기지 않는다
못Cannot 못 업신여겨요못 업신여깁니다못 업신여겨못 업신여긴다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 업신여기세요업신여기십니다업신여기셔업신여기신다
과거Past 업신여기셨어요업신여기셨습니다업신여기셨어업신여기셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
업신여기는
과거Past
업신여긴
미래Future
업신여길
회상Used to
업신여기던

Joining clauses

-고and
업신여기고
-게-ly / so that
업신여기게
-어서so / and then
업신여겨서
-으니까since
업신여기니까
-으면if / when
업신여기면
-지만but
업신여기지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
업신여기는데
-어도even if
업신여겨도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 업신여기고 있어요업신여기고 있습니다업신여기고 있어업신여기고 있다
과거Was doing 업신여기고 있었어요업신여기고 있었습니다업신여기고 있었어업신여기고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

여러분과 배우자가 의도적으로 그런 선택을 했기 때문에 주변의 많은 사람들이 여러분을 업신여깁니다.

And because you and your partner consciously made that decision, many in your social circle, they kind of look down on you.

편집자는 상당히 업신여기며 읽어봤는데

The editor said, with enormous disdain, "I read this.

무시당하거나 업신여김을 당하는 사람도 없죠.

No one is talked down to or belittled.

뒤에 있어요! 독일군은 우릴 업신여기지 못할 겁니다

Keep our boys armed and ready, and the Germans will think twice about trying to get the drop on us.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 업신여기다 in Korean?

업신여기다 (to look down on) is 업신여겨요 in the polite 해요체, 업신여깁니다 in formal 합니다체, 업신여겨 in casual 반말 and 업신여긴다 in the plain written style. The past is 업신여겼어요.

What is the past tense of 업신여기다?

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

Is 업신여기다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 업신여깁니다, 업신여겨, 업신여기니 all keep 업신여기 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 업신여기다?

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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