밉다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be detestable

Every form of 밉다 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
미운
아/어Infinitive
미워
-으니Since
미우니
합니다Formal
밉습니다

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 미워요밉습니다미워밉다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 미웠어요미웠습니다미웠어미웠다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 밉겠어요밉겠습니다밉겠어밉겠다
-을 것이다Going to 미울 거예요미울 것입니다미울 거야미울 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 미워요?밉습니까?미워?미우니?
과거Past 미웠어요?미웠습니까?미웠어?미웠니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 미워요안 밉습니다안 미워안 밉다
-지 않다Not (long) 밉지 않아요밉지 않습니다밉지 않아밉지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 미우세요미우십니다미우셔미우시다
과거Past 미우셨어요미우셨습니다미우셨어미우셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
미운
과거Past
미운
미래Future
미울
회상Used to
밉던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
밉고
-게-ly / so that
밉게
-어서so / and then
미워서
-으니까since
미우니까
-으면if / when
미우면
-지만but
밉지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
미운데
-어도even if
미워도

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.

언제까지 그렇게 미워만 할래?

How long will you hang on to hatred?

미워할 정도로 사랑하지 않아도 되고..

Not to love you so much that I almost hate you.

미울 때나 고울 때나 서로 사랑하겠습니다

To love each other even when we hate each other.

너 미워!

I hate you!

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 밉다 in Korean?

밉다 (to be detestable) is 미워요 in the polite 해요체, 밉습니다 in formal 합니다체, 미워 in casual 반말 and 밉다 in the plain written style. The past is 미웠어요.

What is the past tense of 밉다?

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

Is 밉다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 미워 and 미우니 but unchanged in 밉습니다.

What TOPIK level is 밉다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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