irk

irk
I verb aggravate, aggrieve, annoy, badger, chafe, discommode, discompose, distress, disturb, exasperate, exercise, harass, incommode, irritate, jade, nettle, offend, perturb, pique, plague, provoke, rile, roil, ruffle, trouble, try one's patience, wear upon II index aggravate (annoy), annoy, badger, bait (harass), discommode, discompose, distress, disturb, irritate, molest (annoy), offend (insult), perturb, pique, plague, provoke

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  • irk — irk·some; irk; irk·some·ly; irk·some·ness; …   English syllables

  • Irk — ([ e]rk), v. t. [OE. irken to tire, become tired; cf. Sw. yrka to urge, enforce, press, or G. ekel disgust, MHG. erklich disgusting; perh. akin to L. urgere to urge, E. urge.] To weary; to give pain; to annoy. [1913 Webster] To see this sight, it …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • irk — (v.) mid 15c., irken be weary of, be disgusted with; earlier intransitive, to feel weary (early 14c.). Of uncertain origin, perhaps related to O.N. yrkja work (from PIE root *werg to work; see URGE (Cf. urge) (v.)), or M.H.G. erken to disgust.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • irk — [ʉrk] vt. [ME irken, to loathe, be weary of, akin to northern & N Midland adj. irk, yrk, weary, troubled < ? ON yrkja, to WORK] to annoy, disgust, irritate, tire out, etc. SYN. ANNOY …   English World dictionary

  • irk — [ə:k US ə:rk] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from Old Norse yrkja to work ] if something irks you, it makes you feel annoyed ▪ Luna never told me what irked her that Sunday morning …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • irk — [ ɜrk ] verb transitive FORMAL to annoy someone: IRRITATE …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • irk — vex, *annoy, bother Analogous words: perturb, disturb, upset, *discompose: discommode, incommode, trouble, *inconvenience: fret, chafe (see ABRADE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • irk- — *irk germ.?, Substantiv: nhd. Rehleder, Bock, Gemse; ne. doeskin, buck (Neutrum); Hinweis: s. *erki ?; Etymologie: s. ing. *er (2), *eri , Substantiv, Bock, Schaf, Kuh, Pokorny 326 …   Germanisches Wörterbuch

  • irk — [v] aggravate; rub the wrong way abrade, annoy, bother, bug*, discommode, disturb, eat*, fret, gall, get on nerves*, get to*, give a hard time*, harass, incommode, inconvenience, irritate, make waves*, miff, nettle, peeve, provoke, put out*, rasp …   New thesaurus

  • IRK — IRK, das; = Internationales Rotes Kreuz …   Die deutsche Rechtschreibung

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