얄밉다 Korean adjective conjugation

be offensive, mean

Every form of 얄밉다 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
얄미운
아/어Infinitive
얄미워
-으니Since
얄미우니
합니다Formal
얄밉습니다

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 얄미워요얄밉습니다얄미워얄밉다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 얄미웠어요얄미웠습니다얄미웠어얄미웠다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 얄밉겠어요얄밉겠습니다얄밉겠어얄밉겠다
-을 것이다Going to 얄미울 거예요얄미울 것입니다얄미울 거야얄미울 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얄미워요?얄밉습니까?얄미워?얄미우니?
과거Past 얄미웠어요?얄미웠습니까?얄미웠어?얄미웠니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 얄미워요안 얄밉습니다안 얄미워안 얄밉다
-지 않다Not (long) 얄밉지 않아요얄밉지 않습니다얄밉지 않아얄밉지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얄미우세요얄미우십니다얄미우셔얄미우시다
과거Past 얄미우셨어요얄미우셨습니다얄미우셨어얄미우셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
얄미운
과거Past
얄미운
미래Future
얄미울
회상Used to
얄밉던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
얄밉고
-게-ly / so that
얄밉게
-어서so / and then
얄미워서
-으니까since
얄미우니까
-으면if / when
얄미우면
-지만but
얄밉지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
얄미운데
-어도even if
얄미워도

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.

마치 다른 사람한테 화가 나서는 당신 부인에게 얄밉게 구는 것과 같은 것입니다.

It's like when you're mean to your wife because you're mad at somebody else.

계속 조언을 들으세요. 좀 얄미운 친구를 고르는 게 좋아요.

Get ongoing advice. Pick your mean friend.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 얄밉다 in Korean?

얄밉다 (be offensive, mean) is 얄미워요 in the polite 해요체, 얄밉습니다 in formal 합니다체, 얄미워 in casual 반말 and 얄밉다 in the plain written style. The past is 얄미웠어요.

What is the past tense of 얄밉다?

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

Is 얄밉다 irregular?

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

What TOPIK level is 얄밉다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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