모욕

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 侮辱.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈmo̞(ː)jok̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [모(ː)욕]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	moyok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	moyog
McCune–Reischauer?	moyok
Yale Romanization?	mō.yok

Noun

Derived verbs

Active	모욕하다
Passive	모욕되다

모욕 • (moyok) (hanja 侮辱)

1. insult (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)

Derived terms

• 모욕감(侮辱感) (moyokgam)
• 모욕적(侮辱的) (moyokjeok)
• 모욕죄(侮辱罪) (moyokjoe)