염오

Korean

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈjɘ(ː)mo̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [여(ː)모]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeomo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeom'o
McCune–Reischauer?yŏmo
Yale Romanization?yēm.o

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 厭惡 (“to hate, to loathe”).

Noun

염오 • (yeomo) (hanja 厭惡)

  1. (literary) aversion, loathing, odium
    Synonym: (less literary, more common) 혐오(嫌惡) (hyeomo)
Derived terms
verbs
  • 염오(厭惡)하다 (yeomohada, “to loathe”)
nouns
  • 염오감(厭惡感) (yeomogam, “feeling of loathing”)
  • 염오증(厭惡症) (yeomojeung, “chronic loathing”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 染汚 (“to become dirty; to be dirtied”).

Noun

염오 • (yeomo) (hanja 染汚)

  1. Synonym of 번뇌(煩惱) (beonnoe, “(Buddhism) klesha, impure state of mind”).
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