염오

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈjɘ(ː)mo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [여(ː)모]
  • Though still prescribed 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”).