sterksn.
/ˈstəːks/, U.S. /ˈstərks/, Australian English /ˈstɜːks/ Australian slang. rare.
A fit of depression, irritation, annoyance.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun]
annoy?c1225
noyancec1400
vexation?a1425
crabbingc1450
annoyance1502
grudging1530
vexation of spirit1535
fret1556
fashery1558
spitea1586
gall1591
molestation1598
annoyment1607
incommodation1664
vexednessa1670
tracasserie1715
incommodement1733
frettation1779
vex1815
balls-ache1938
sterks1941
the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [noun] > fit of
fumea1529
chafe1551
the needle1617
sterks1941
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > depression
anxiety1661
vapours1662
vapour-fit1707
depression1905
postpartum depression1929
baby blues1940
sterks1941
postnatal depression1946
PPD1975
PND1978
SAD1983
seasonal affective disorder1983
1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 71 Sterks, give one the, to infuriate, annoy, depress.
1959 ‘D. Forrest’ Last Blue Sea 24 He just gives me the sturks.
Derivatives
ˈsterky adj. having loose bowels from fear.
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1944 J. Devanny By Tropic Sea & Jungle 162 The croc disappears, and there's Ernest, standing up to his waist in the water..scared as hell, but too game to come out... So my dad goes in. He's a bit sterky too.
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