괴롭다

to be painful, to be distressing

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
괴로운
아/어Infinitive
괴로워
-으니Since
괴로우니
합니다Formal
괴롭습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 괴로워요괴롭습니다괴로워괴롭다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 괴로웠어요괴로웠습니다괴로웠어괴로웠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 괴롭겠어요괴롭겠습니다괴롭겠어괴롭겠다
-을 것이다Going to 괴로울 거예요괴로울 것입니다괴로울 거야괴로울 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 괴로워요?괴롭습니까?괴로워?괴로우니?
과거Past 괴로웠어요?괴로웠습니까?괴로웠어?괴로웠니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 괴로워요안 괴롭습니다안 괴로워안 괴롭다
-지 않다Not (long) 괴롭지 않아요괴롭지 않습니다괴롭지 않아괴롭지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 괴로우세요괴로우십니다괴로우셔괴로우시다
과거Past 괴로우셨어요괴로우셨습니다괴로우셨어괴로우셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
괴로운
과거Past
괴로운
미래Future
괴로울
회상Used to
괴롭던

Joining clauses

-고and
괴롭고
-게-ly / so that
괴롭게
-어서so / and then
괴로워서
-으니까since
괴로우니까
-으면if / when
괴로우면
-지만but
괴롭지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
괴로운데
-어도even if
괴로워도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그 점이 정말 괴로웠죠.

And this really bothered me.

경찰서에서 괴로운 경험 뒤, 젠나는 이렇게 정리했다.

After the grueling experience at the police station, Jenna concluded:

숨을 참아 보아요 역시 괴로워요

I hold my breath, yeah it's painful

저도 그랬죠. 가끔은 괴롭고 고통스럽습니다.

Yeah, me too. God, that hurt sometimes. That's painful.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 괴롭다 in Korean?

괴롭다 (to be painful, to be distressing) is 괴로워요 in the polite 해요체, 괴롭습니다 in formal 합니다체, 괴로워 in casual 반말 and 괴롭다 in the plain written style. The past is 괴로웠어요.

What is the past tense of 괴롭다?

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

Is 괴롭다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 괴로워 and 괴로우니 but unchanged in 괴롭습니다.

What TOPIK level is 괴롭다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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