곤혹스럽다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be embarrassed
Every form of 곤혹스럽다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅂ irregular — ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 곤혹스러운
- 아/어Infinitive
- 곤혹스러워
- -으니Since
- 곤혹스러우니
- 합니다Formal
- 곤혹스럽습니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 곤혹스러워요 | 곤혹스럽습니다 | 곤혹스러워 | 곤혹스럽다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 곤혹스러웠어요 | 곤혹스러웠습니다 | 곤혹스러웠어 | 곤혹스러웠다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 곤혹스럽겠어요 | 곤혹스럽겠습니다 | 곤혹스럽겠어 | 곤혹스럽겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 곤혹스러울 거예요 | 곤혹스러울 것입니다 | 곤혹스러울 거야 | 곤혹스러울 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 곤혹스러워요? | 곤혹스럽습니까? | 곤혹스러워? | 곤혹스러우니? |
| 과거Past | 곤혹스러웠어요? | 곤혹스러웠습니까? | 곤혹스러웠어? | 곤혹스러웠니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 곤혹스러워요 | 안 곤혹스럽습니다 | 안 곤혹스러워 | 안 곤혹스럽다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 곤혹스럽지 않아요 | 곤혹스럽지 않습니다 | 곤혹스럽지 않아 | 곤혹스럽지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 곤혹스러우세요 | 곤혹스러우십니다 | 곤혹스러우셔 | 곤혹스러우시다 |
| 과거Past | 곤혹스러우셨어요 | 곤혹스러우셨습니다 | 곤혹스러우셨어 | 곤혹스러우셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 곤혹스러운
- 과거Past
- 곤혹스러운
- 미래Future
- 곤혹스러울
- 회상Used to
- 곤혹스럽던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 곤혹스럽고
- -게-ly / so that
- 곤혹스럽게
- -어서so / and then
- 곤혹스러워서
- -으니까since
- 곤혹스러우니까
- -으면if / when
- 곤혹스러우면
- -지만but
- 곤혹스럽지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 곤혹스러운데
- -어도even if
- 곤혹스러워도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2가 곤혹스럽다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
이 행위가 밖에 알려지면 우리 두 나라가 곤혹스러워집니다
If your little escapade gets out, it's an embarrassment for both our countries.
전적으로 솔직해지자면, 이 자리에서 이렇게 서서 말하는 것이 참 곤혹스러워요.
And to be totally honest, that's hard for me to stand up here and say.
홍역에 노출되지 않은 집단에서, 새로운 질병의 노출로 인해 곤혹스러워질 수도 있었다.
In populations that have not been exposed to measles, exposure to a new disease can be devastating.
게다가 이 올리고당은 모유에 상당히 많았기에 연구자들은 더욱 곤혹스러웠습니다.
They were really puzzling for researchers, as they are really abundant in human milk.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 곤혹스럽다 in Korean?
곤혹스럽다 (to be embarrassed) is 곤혹스러워요 in the polite 해요체, 곤혹스럽습니다 in formal 합니다체, 곤혹스러워 in casual 반말 and 곤혹스럽다 in the plain written style. The past is 곤혹스러웠어요.
What is the past tense of 곤혹스럽다?
곤혹스러웠어요 in everyday polite speech, 곤혹스러웠습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 곤혹스러워 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 곤혹스럽다 irregular?
Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 곤혹스러워 and 곤혹스러우니 but unchanged in 곤혹스럽습니다.
What TOPIK level is 곤혹스럽다?
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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