섬뜩하다

to be eerie, to be frightening

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
섬뜩한
아/어Infinitive
섬뜩해
-으니Since
섬뜩하니
합니다Formal
섬뜩합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 섬뜩해요섬뜩합니다섬뜩해섬뜩하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 섬뜩했어요섬뜩했습니다섬뜩했어섬뜩했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 섬뜩하겠어요섬뜩하겠습니다섬뜩하겠어섬뜩하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 섬뜩할 거예요섬뜩할 것입니다섬뜩할 거야섬뜩할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 섬뜩해요?섬뜩합니까?섬뜩해?섬뜩하니?
과거Past 섬뜩했어요?섬뜩했습니까?섬뜩했어?섬뜩했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 섬뜩해요안 섬뜩합니다안 섬뜩해안 섬뜩하다
-지 않다Not (long) 섬뜩하지 않아요섬뜩하지 않습니다섬뜩하지 않아섬뜩하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 섬뜩하세요섬뜩하십니다섬뜩하셔섬뜩하시다
과거Past 섬뜩하셨어요섬뜩하셨습니다섬뜩하셨어섬뜩하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
섬뜩한
과거Past
섬뜩한
미래Future
섬뜩할
회상Used to
섬뜩하던

Joining 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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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