험악하다

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Korean

Etymology

험악(險惡) (heomak) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?heomakhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?heom'aghada
McCune–Reischauer?hŏmakhada
Yale Romanization?hēm.ak.hata

Adjective

험악하다 (heomakhada) (infinitive 험악해 or 험악하여, sequential 험악하니, hanja 險惡하다)

  1. (to be) dangerous, perilous
  2. (to be) grim, stern

Conjugation