멋쩍다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be unpleasant

Ungraded 그 밖의 어휘adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 멋쩍다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
멋쩍은
아/어Infinitive
멋쩍어
-으니Since
멋쩍으니
합니다Formal
멋쩍습니다

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 멋쩍어요멋쩍습니다멋쩍어멋쩍다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 멋쩍었어요멋쩍었습니다멋쩍었어멋쩍었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 멋쩍겠어요멋쩍겠습니다멋쩍겠어멋쩍겠다
-을 것이다Going to 멋쩍을 거예요멋쩍을 것입니다멋쩍을 거야멋쩍을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 멋쩍어요?멋쩍습니까?멋쩍어?멋쩍으니?
과거Past 멋쩍었어요?멋쩍었습니까?멋쩍었어?멋쩍었니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 멋쩍어요안 멋쩍습니다안 멋쩍어안 멋쩍다
-지 않다Not (long) 멋쩍지 않아요멋쩍지 않습니다멋쩍지 않아멋쩍지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 멋쩍으세요멋쩍으십니다멋쩍으셔멋쩍으시다
과거Past 멋쩍으셨어요멋쩍으셨습니다멋쩍으셨어멋쩍으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
멋쩍은
과거Past
멋쩍은
미래Future
멋쩍을
회상Used to
멋쩍던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
멋쩍고
-게-ly / so that
멋쩍게
-어서so / and then
멋쩍어서
-으니까since
멋쩍으니까
-으면if / when
멋쩍으면
-지만but
멋쩍지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
멋쩍은데
-어도even if
멋쩍어도

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 멋쩍다 in Korean?

멋쩍다 (to be unpleasant) is 멋쩍어요 in the polite 해요체, 멋쩍습니다 in formal 합니다체, 멋쩍어 in casual 반말 and 멋쩍다 in the plain written style. The past is 멋쩍었어요.

What is the past tense of 멋쩍다?

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

Is 멋쩍다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 멋쩍습니다, 멋쩍어, 멋쩍으니 all keep 멋쩍 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 멋쩍다?

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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