험악하다 Korean adjective conjugation
dangerous, perilous
Every form of 험악하다 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
- 험악한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 험악해
- -으니Since
- 험악하니
- 합니다Formal
- 험악합니다
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 | 험악해요 | 험악합니다 | 험악해 | 험악하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 험악했어요 | 험악했습니다 | 험악했어 | 험악했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 험악하겠어요 | 험악하겠습니다 | 험악하겠어 | 험악하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 험악할 거예요 | 험악할 것입니다 | 험악할 거야 | 험악할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 험악해요? | 험악합니까? | 험악해? | 험악하니? |
| 과거Past | 험악했어요? | 험악했습니까? | 험악했어? | 험악했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 험악해요 | 안 험악합니다 | 안 험악해 | 안 험악하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 험악하지 않아요 | 험악하지 않습니다 | 험악하지 않아 | 험악하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 험악하세요 | 험악하십니다 | 험악하셔 | 험악하시다 |
| 과거Past | 험악하셨어요 | 험악하셨습니다 | 험악하셨어 | 험악하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 험악한
- 과거Past
- 험악한
- 미래Future
- 험악할
- 회상Used to
- 험악하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 험악하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 험악하게
- -어서so / and then
- 험악해서
- -으니까since
- 험악하니까
- -으면if / when
- 험악하면
- -지만but
- 험악하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 험악한데
- -어도even if
- 험악해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 험악하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
우리가 보는 것은 실제로 꽤 험악합니다.
Well, what we see is actually pretty ugly.
이 험악하게 생긴 물고기는 브리슬마우스라고 부릅니다.
And this fierce-looking fish is called a bristlemouth.
어느 날 보초가 와서는 아주 험악하게 말했습니다. "오늘은 먹을 걸 달라고 무릎 꿇고 애원해야 할거야."
Once a guard came to me, very aggressively, and he told me, "Today you're going to kneel and beg for your food."
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 험악하다 in Korean?
험악하다 (dangerous, perilous) is 험악해요 in the polite 해요체, 험악합니다 in formal 합니다체, 험악해 in casual 반말 and 험악하다 in the plain written style. The past is 험악했어요.
What is the past tense of 험악하다?
험악했어요 in everyday polite speech, 험악했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 험악하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 험악하다 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 험악하여 and 험악하니 but unchanged in 험악합니다.
What TOPIK level is 험악하다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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