지독하다 Korean adjective conjugation

abominable, atrocious, cruel, fucking, ghastly, vicious

Every form of 지독하다 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
지독한
아/어Infinitive
지독해
-으니Since
지독하니
합니다Formal
지독합니다

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 지독해요지독합니다지독해지독하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 지독했어요지독했습니다지독했어지독했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 지독하겠어요지독하겠습니다지독하겠어지독하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 지독할 거예요지독할 것입니다지독할 거야지독할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 지독해요?지독합니까?지독해?지독하니?
과거Past 지독했어요?지독했습니까?지독했어?지독했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 지독해요안 지독합니다안 지독해안 지독하다
-지 않다Not (long) 지독하지 않아요지독하지 않습니다지독하지 않아지독하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 지독하세요지독하십니다지독하셔지독하시다
과거Past 지독하셨어요지독하셨습니다지독하셨어지독하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
지독한
과거Past
지독한
미래Future
지독할
회상Used to
지독하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
지독하고
-게-ly / so that
지독하게
-어서so / and then
지독해서
-으니까since
지독하니까
-으면if / when
지독하면
-지만but
지독하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
지독한데
-어도even if
지독해도

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.

어떤 분들은 이렇게 얘기할 거예요. 그들이 쓰는 전술은 지독하다고요.

And others will say the tactics they use are egregious.

지독한 냄새가 더 심해지고 있다.

The terrible smell grew worse.

저의 어떤 잘못은 더 지독합니다.

Some of my transgressions are more flagrant.

밤에는 지독한 추위와 안개가 있었습니다.

At night, there was a cold moon and fog.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 지독하다 in Korean?

지독하다 (abominable, atrocious, cruel, fucking, ghastly, vicious) is 지독해요 in the polite 해요체, 지독합니다 in formal 합니다체, 지독해 in casual 반말 and 지독하다 in the plain written style. The past is 지독했어요.

What is the past tense of 지독하다?

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

Is 지독하다 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 지독하여 and 지독하니 but unchanged in 지독합니다.

What TOPIK level is 지독하다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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