싫어하다

sireohada · TOPIK 1

to dislike, to hate

🥦 싫다 (be disliked) + 어하다 (act it out) = to dislike

싫어하다 = adjective 싫다 (to be unpleasant) + -어하다, which turns a feeling into a verb you do. Same pattern as 좋다 → 좋아하다 (to like). Sound hook: si-reo is close to see ya — what you say to things you dislike.

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