섬뜩하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be eerie, to be frightening
Every form of 섬뜩하다 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
- 섬뜩한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 섬뜩해
- -으니Since
- 섬뜩하니
- 합니다Formal
- 섬뜩합니다
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 | 섬뜩해요 | 섬뜩합니다 | 섬뜩해 | 섬뜩하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 섬뜩했어요 | 섬뜩했습니다 | 섬뜩했어 | 섬뜩했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 섬뜩하겠어요 | 섬뜩하겠습니다 | 섬뜩하겠어 | 섬뜩하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 섬뜩할 거예요 | 섬뜩할 것입니다 | 섬뜩할 거야 | 섬뜩할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 섬뜩해요? | 섬뜩합니까? | 섬뜩해? | 섬뜩하니? |
| 과거Past | 섬뜩했어요? | 섬뜩했습니까? | 섬뜩했어? | 섬뜩했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 섬뜩해요 | 안 섬뜩합니다 | 안 섬뜩해 | 안 섬뜩하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 섬뜩하지 않아요 | 섬뜩하지 않습니다 | 섬뜩하지 않아 | 섬뜩하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 섬뜩하세요 | 섬뜩하십니다 | 섬뜩하셔 | 섬뜩하시다 |
| 과거Past | 섬뜩하셨어요 | 섬뜩하셨습니다 | 섬뜩하셨어 | 섬뜩하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 섬뜩한
- 과거Past
- 섬뜩한
- 미래Future
- 섬뜩할
- 회상Used to
- 섬뜩하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 섬뜩하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 섬뜩하게
- -어서so / and then
- 섬뜩해서
- -으니까since
- 섬뜩하니까
- -으면if / when
- 섬뜩하면
- -지만but
- 섬뜩하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 섬뜩한데
- -어도even if
- 섬뜩해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2가 섬뜩하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
쇼핑몰을 걸어 다니기에도 매우 섬뜩했습니다.
It was a very creepy walk through the mall.
전혀요. 귀신이나 섬뜩한 초자연적 현상들은요?
Things that go bump in the night? Nicole: No.
글쎄요, 섬뜩한 이야기일 수도 있습니다.
Well, that might sound scary.
언론을 통해 접하는 섬뜩한 이미지와도 거리가 있고요.
Doesn't look like the scary images in the media.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 섬뜩하다 in Korean?
섬뜩하다 (to be eerie, to be frightening) is 섬뜩해요 in the polite 해요체, 섬뜩합니다 in formal 합니다체, 섬뜩해 in casual 반말 and 섬뜩하다 in the plain written style. The past is 섬뜩했어요.
What is the past tense of 섬뜩하다?
섬뜩했어요 in everyday polite speech, 섬뜩했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 섬뜩하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 섬뜩하다 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 섬뜩하여 and 섬뜩하니 but unchanged in 섬뜩합니다.
What TOPIK level is 섬뜩하다?
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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