밉다
Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 믭다 (Yale: muyp-ta), from 믜다 (Yale: muy-ta, “to hate”, whence modern 미다 (mida)) + ᄫᅳ (Yale: -Wu-, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [mip̚t͈a̠]
- Phonetic hangul: [밉따]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | mipda |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | mibda |
| McCune–Reischauer? | mipta |
| Yale Romanization? | mipta |
Adjective
밉다 • (mipda) (irregular, infinitive 미워, sequential 미우니)
- (to be) unpleasant, hateful
Usage notes
- 밉다 (mipda) is used only when referring to people, and often carries a non-serious connotation. 싫다 (silta) can be used when disliking anything, from people, things, etc.
Conjugation
Selected forms of the adjective 밉다 (mipda): consonant-stem, ㅂ(b)-irregular
| Sentence-final forms | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal non-polite (해라체) | Informal non-polite (해체) | Informal polite (해요체) | Formal polite (하십시오체) | ||
| Indicative | Non-past | 밉다 mipda | 미워 miwo | 미워요 miwoyo | 밉습니다 mipseumnida |
| Past | 미웠다 miwotda | 미웠어 miwosseo | 미웠어요 miwosseoyo | 미웠습니다 miwotseumnida | |
| Interrogative | Non-past | 미우냐 miunya | 미워 miwo | 미워요 miwoyo | 밉습니까 mipseumnikka |
| Past | 미웠냐 miwonnya | 미웠어 miwosseo | 미웠어요 miwosseoyo | 미웠습니까 miwotseumnikka | |
| Assertive | 밉겠다 mipgetda | 밉겠어 mipgesseo | 밉겠어요 mipgesseoyo | 밉겠습니다 mipgetseumnida | |
| Connective forms | |||||
| Cause/Reason | 미워 miwo | 미워서 miwoseo | 미우니 miuni | 미우니까 miunikka | |
| Contrast | 밉지만 mipjiman | 미운데 miunde | 밉더니 mipdeoni | ||
| Conjunction | 밉고 mipgo | ||||
| Condition | 미우면 miumyeon | 미워야 miwoya | |||
| Noun and determiner forms | |||||
| Verbal nouns | 미움 mium | 밉기 mipgi | |||
| Past-tense verbal nouns | 미웠음 miwosseum | 미웠기 miwotgi | |||
| Determiners | Present | 미운 miun | |||
| Future | 미울 miul | ||||
| Sentence-final forms with honorific | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain (해라체) | Informal (해체) | Polite (해요체) | Formal (하십시오체) | ||
| Indicative | Non-past | 미우시다 miusida | 미우셔 miusyeo | 미우세요, 미우셔요 miuseyo, miusyeoyo | 미우십니다 miusimnida |
| Past | 미우셨다 miusyeotda | 미우셨어 miusyeosseo | 미우셨어요 miusyeosseoyo | 미우셨습니다 miusyeotseumnida | |
| Interrogative | Non-past | 미우시냐 miusinya | 미우셔 miusyeo | 미우세요, 미우셔요 miuseyo, miusyeoyo | 미우십니까 miusimnikka |
| Past | 미우셨냐 miusyeonnya | 미우셨어 miusyeosseo | 미우셨어요 miusyeosseoyo | 미우셨습니까 miusyeotseumnikka | |
| Assertive | 미우시겠다 miusigetda | 미우시겠어 miusigesseo | 미우시겠어요 miusigesseoyo | 미우시겠습니다 miusigetseumnida | |
| Connective forms with honorific | |||||
| Cause/Reason | 미우셔 miusyeo | 미우셔서 miusyeoseo | 미우시니 miusini | 미우시니까 miusinikka | |
| Contrast | 미우시지만 miusijiman | 미우신데 miusinde | 미우시더니 miusideoni | ||
| Conjunction | 미우시고 miusigo | ||||
| Condition | 미우시면 miusimyeon | 미우셔야 miusyeoya | |||
| Noun and determiner forms with honorific | |||||
| Verbal nouns | 미우심 miusim | 미우시기 miusigi | |||
| Past-tense verbal nouns | 미우셨음 miusyeosseum | 미우셨기 miusyeotgi | |||
| Determiners | Present | 미우신 miusin | |||
| Future | 미우실 miusil | ||||
Synonyms
- 싫다 (silta)
Derived terms
- 미워하다 (miwohada, “to hate”)
References
- National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-06-09), “밉다”, in 표준국어대사전