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Definition of irk in English: irkverb əːkərk [with object]Irritate; annoy. it irks her to think of the runaround she received Example sentencesExamples - What irked me originally, and irks me now, is that two newspapers (at least) should have printed what was clearly an overly rosy version of the facts.
- What irks me most about this annual ritual of royal fiscal disclosure and the hue and cry that can be relied upon to greet it, is that nothing ever changes.
- But what irks them the most is the lack of proper infrastructure.
- But the border problem irks Matte, especially seeing how some other artists are let into the country over others.
- But it is his personal crusade to save the English language from terminal decay, as he perceives it, which irks him the most.
- It's the sense of disposability and dispensability of the population that's ongoing and that really irks me.
- It is a significant Scottish story, yet it irks Miller that the London financial media display scant interest in its continued success, simply because it is a private firm.
- It's the third essay which is particularly irking me, and which has provoked this writing.
- It also irks me that anyone could be genuinely offended by this image.
- It also irks me when people stop eating meat because ‘it's cruel’.
- What really irks me about the finalists of the poster contest is this entry.
- However, what really irks Henry is when his frustration in defeat or his lack of a smile when he scores is seen as a lack of respect for his team-mates or his opponents.
- This book irks me a little in that I get this feeling that the author is one of those nouveau Brooklyn bohemes that think they're too cool for school.
- What particularly irks me about this kind of research study is that they invariably come to the conclusion that men are somehow less emotional than women.
- One of the things that irks me a little bit about some commentary is that people often question reports without having any evidence to the contrary.
- It was McKenna's goal which was chalked off by the misguided assistant referee and it obviously still irks the Canadian as he has never sat down to watch the goal that might have been.
- Now I'm a newcomer, but isn't the mainstream media's sense of establishment one of the things that most irks outsiders?
- It irks me that they wouldn't just give us the permit.
- Something about people who start every sentence with I that irks me.
- This irks me to no end and I sometimes chastise him about buying the kids' loyalty.
Synonyms irritate, annoy, vex, gall, rattle, pique, rub up the wrong way, exasperate, try someone's patience, put out, displease anger, infuriate, madden, incense, make someone's blood boil, get on someone's nerves, make angry, make cross ruffle, ruffle someone's feathers, make someone's hackles rise, raise someone's hackles, discountenance antagonize, provoke, goad informal get someone's goat, get/put someone's back up, peeve, miff, rile, aggravate, nettle, needle, get, get to, bug, hack off, get under someone's skin, get up someone's nose, put someone's nose out of joint, give someone the hump, rattle someone's cage, get someone's dander up, drive mad/crazy, drive round the twist, drive up the wall, make someone see red British informal wind up, brown off, cheese off, nark, get across, get on someone's wick North American informal tee off, tick off, burn up, rankle, ride, gravel, bum out New Zealand informal rark vulgar slang piss off British vulgar slang get on someone's tits informal, dated give someone the pip
Origin Middle English (in the sense 'be annoyed or disgusted'): perhaps from Old Norse yrkja 'to work'. Work irks many people, and may be related to irk, which possibly derives from Old Norse yrkja ‘to work, take effect upon’. Its earliest sense in English was ‘to be annoyed or disgusted’.
Rhymes berk, berserk, Burke, cirque, dirk, Dunkirk, erk, kirk, lurk, mirk, murk, outwork, perk, quirk, shirk, smirk, stirk, Turk, work Definition of irk in US English: irkverbərkərk [with object]Irritate; annoy. it irks her to think of the runaround she received Example sentencesExamples - It was McKenna's goal which was chalked off by the misguided assistant referee and it obviously still irks the Canadian as he has never sat down to watch the goal that might have been.
- It is a significant Scottish story, yet it irks Miller that the London financial media display scant interest in its continued success, simply because it is a private firm.
- What irks me most about this annual ritual of royal fiscal disclosure and the hue and cry that can be relied upon to greet it, is that nothing ever changes.
- What really irks me about the finalists of the poster contest is this entry.
- It's the third essay which is particularly irking me, and which has provoked this writing.
- However, what really irks Henry is when his frustration in defeat or his lack of a smile when he scores is seen as a lack of respect for his team-mates or his opponents.
- It irks me that they wouldn't just give us the permit.
- But what irks them the most is the lack of proper infrastructure.
- Now I'm a newcomer, but isn't the mainstream media's sense of establishment one of the things that most irks outsiders?
- But it is his personal crusade to save the English language from terminal decay, as he perceives it, which irks him the most.
- This irks me to no end and I sometimes chastise him about buying the kids' loyalty.
- Something about people who start every sentence with I that irks me.
- One of the things that irks me a little bit about some commentary is that people often question reports without having any evidence to the contrary.
- It also irks me that anyone could be genuinely offended by this image.
- What particularly irks me about this kind of research study is that they invariably come to the conclusion that men are somehow less emotional than women.
- What irked me originally, and irks me now, is that two newspapers (at least) should have printed what was clearly an overly rosy version of the facts.
- But the border problem irks Matte, especially seeing how some other artists are let into the country over others.
- This book irks me a little in that I get this feeling that the author is one of those nouveau Brooklyn bohemes that think they're too cool for school.
- It's the sense of disposability and dispensability of the population that's ongoing and that really irks me.
- It also irks me when people stop eating meat because ‘it's cruel’.
Synonyms irritate, annoy, vex, gall, rattle, pique, rub up the wrong way, exasperate, try someone's patience, put out, displease
Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘be annoyed or disgusted’): perhaps from Old Norse yrkja ‘to work’. |