Irk Definition

ûrk
irked, irks
verb
irked, irks
To annoy, disgust, irritate, tire out, etc.
Webster's New World
To be irritating, wearisome, or vexing to.
American Heritage

To irritate; annoy; bother.

It irks me to do all this work and have someone destroy it.
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Origin of Irk

  • From Middle English irken (“to tire, grow weary”), from Old Norse yrkja (“to work”), from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”). Cognate with Icelandic yrkja (“to compose”), Swedish yrka (“to urge, argue”), Old English wyrcan, wyrċean (“to work”). More at work.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English irken to weary possibly from Old Norse yrkja to work, make verses, harangue werg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Irk Sentence Examples

  • The wicked side of her wanted to push in a few books next time he left, just to irk him.

  • He then tried to gain possession of Aleppo, as the key to Irk, but this was prevented by the intervention of the Byzantines.

  • Over the long run, Gemini's penchant for surface-layer conversation may irk Sagittarius.

  • In 1905 the factory product was valued at $1,086,671, 14-7% more than irk 1900.

  • As bishop of Lucca he had been an energetic coadjutor with Hildebrand irk endeavouring to suppress simony, and to enforce the celibacy of the clergy.

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