역겹다 Korean adjective conjugation
disgusting
Every form of 역겹다 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
- 역겨운
- 아/어Infinitive
- 역겨워
- -으니Since
- 역겨우니
- 합니다Formal
- 역겹습니다
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 | 역겨워요 | 역겹습니다 | 역겨워 | 역겹다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 역겨웠어요 | 역겨웠습니다 | 역겨웠어 | 역겨웠다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 역겹겠어요 | 역겹겠습니다 | 역겹겠어 | 역겹겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 역겨울 거예요 | 역겨울 것입니다 | 역겨울 거야 | 역겨울 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 역겨워요? | 역겹습니까? | 역겨워? | 역겨우니? |
| 과거Past | 역겨웠어요? | 역겨웠습니까? | 역겨웠어? | 역겨웠니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 역겨워요 | 안 역겹습니다 | 안 역겨워 | 안 역겹다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 역겹지 않아요 | 역겹지 않습니다 | 역겹지 않아 | 역겹지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 역겨우세요 | 역겨우십니다 | 역겨우셔 | 역겨우시다 |
| 과거Past | 역겨우셨어요 | 역겨우셨습니다 | 역겨우셨어 | 역겨우셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 역겨운
- 과거Past
- 역겨운
- 미래Future
- 역겨울
- 회상Used to
- 역겹던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 역겹고
- -게-ly / so that
- 역겹게
- -어서so / and then
- 역겨워서
- -으니까since
- 역겨우니까
- -으면if / when
- 역겨우면
- -지만but
- 역겹지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 역겨운데
- -어도even if
- 역겨워도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2가 역겹다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
그 사람 보기만 해도 역겨워.
It makes me sick just looking at him.
그녀는 입에서 음식물 조각을 떨어뜨리며, 역겨운 듯이 먹었다.
She ate disgustingly, dropping bits of food from her open mouth.
적어도 듣는이가 역겨운 느낌을 받게 될 테니까요.
It leaves the listener feeling sickly.
만약 제가 너무 사실적으로 그린다면 여러분은 그저 역겨움을 느끼겠죠.
Now, if I go too realistic on it, it just grosses everybody out.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 역겹다 in Korean?
역겹다 (disgusting) is 역겨워요 in the polite 해요체, 역겹습니다 in formal 합니다체, 역겨워 in casual 반말 and 역겹다 in the plain written style. The past is 역겨웠어요.
What is the past tense of 역겹다?
역겨웠어요 in everyday polite speech, 역겨웠습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 역겨워 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 역겹다 irregular?
Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 역겨워 and 역겨우니 but unchanged in 역겹습니다.
What TOPIK level is 역겹다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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