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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 험악해요험악합니다험악해험악하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 험악했어요험악했습니다험악했어험악했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 험악하겠어요험악하겠습니다험악하겠어험악하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 험악할 거예요험악할 것입니다험악할 거야험악할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 험악해요?험악합니까?험악해?험악하니?
과거Past 험악했어요?험악했습니까?험악했어?험악했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 험악해요안 험악합니다안 험악해안 험악하다
-지 않다Not (long) 험악하지 않아요험악하지 않습니다험악하지 않아험악하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 험악하세요험악하십니다험악하셔험악하시다
과거Past 험악하셨어요험악하셨습니다험악하셨어험악하셨다

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.

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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