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View usage for: (ɜːʳk) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense irks, present participle irking, past tense, past participle irkedverbIf something irks you, it irritates or annoys you. [formal] The rehearsal process also irked him increasingly. [VERB noun] She was irked by their behavior. [VERB noun] I must admit it irks me to see this guy get all this free publicity. [VERB noun to-infinitive] It irks them that some people have more of a chance than others for their voicesto be heard. [VERB noun that] Synonyms: irritate, annoy, aggravate [informal], provoke More Synonyms of irk irked adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] Claire had seemed a little irked when he left. (ɜːk) verb(transitive) to irritate, vex, or annoy Word origin C13 irken to grow weary; probably related to Old Norse yrkja to work (ɜrk) verb transitive to annoy, disgust, irritate, tire out, etc. SIMILAR WORDS: anˈnoy Word origin ME irken, to loathe, be weary of, akin to northern & N Midland adj. irk, yrk, weary, troubled < ? ON yrkja, to work Examples of 'irk' in a sentenceirk Definition to irritate or vex The rehearsal process irked him increasingly. Synonyms put out (informal) peeve (informal) get on your nerves (informal) nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang) miff (informal) be on your back (slang) piss you off (taboo, slang) get in your hair (informal) rub you up the wrong way (informal) put your nose out of joint (informal) get your back up put your back up hack you off (informal) Additional synonymsDefinition to annoy What aggravates you most about this country? Synonyms annoy, bother, provoke, needle (informal), irritate, tease, hassle (informal), gall, exasperate, nettle, pester, vex, irk, get under your skin (informal), get on your nerves (informal), nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), get up your nose (informal), be on your back (slang), piss you off (taboo, slang), rub (someone) up the wrong way (informal), get in your hair (informal), get on your wick (British, slang), hack you off (informal) Definition to irritate or displease Try making a note of the things that annoy you. Synonyms irritate, trouble, bore, anger, harry, bother, disturb, provoke, get (informal), bug (informal), needle (informal), plague, tease, harass, hassle (informal), aggravate (informal), badger, gall, madden, ruffle, exasperate, nettle, molest, pester, vex, displease, irk, bedevil, rile, peeve, get under your skin (informal), get on your nerves (informal), nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), get up your nose (informal), give someone grief (British, South Africa), make your blood boil, piss you off (taboo, slang), rub someone up the wrong way (informal), get your goat (slang), get in your hair (informal), get on your wick (British, slang), get your dander up (informal), get your back up, incommode (formal), put your back up, hack you off (informal), be on your back (slang) Definition to irritate or upset (someone) I only did it to bug my parents. Synonyms annoy, bother, disturb, needle (informal), plague, irritate, harass, hassle (informal), aggravate (informal), badger, gall, nettle, pester, vex, irk, get under your skin (informal), get on your nerves (informal), nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), get up your nose (informal), be on your back (slang), piss you off (taboo, slang), get in your hair (informal), get on your wick (British, slang), hack you off (informal) - Ireland
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Additional synonymsDefinition to annoy or irritate It was their smugness that galled her most. Synonyms annoy, provoke, irritate, aggravate (informal), get (informal), trouble, bother, disturb, plague, madden, ruffle, exasperate, nettle, vex, displease, irk, rile (informal), peeve (informal), get under your skin (informal), get on your nerves (informal), nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), get up your nose (informal), give someone grief (British, South Africa), make your blood boil, piss you off (taboo, slang), rub up the wrong way, get on your wick (British, slang), get your back up, put your back up, hack you off (informal) Synonyms annoy, bother, provoke, bug (informal), irritate, aggravate (informal), gall, exasperate, nettle, irk, rile, pique, peeve, get on your nerves (informal), miff (informal), piss you off (taboo, slang), hack you off (informal) I instantly regretted my remark, because it obviously nettled him. Synonyms irritate, provoke, annoy, gall, sting, aggravate (informal), incense, ruffle, exasperate, vex, goad, pique, get on your nerves (informal), nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), hack you off (informal), piss you off (taboo, slang), harass, hassle (informal), fret, chafeDefinition to deliberately act in a way intended to anger someone I didn't want to do anything to provoke him. Synonyms anger, insult, annoy, offend, irritate, infuriate, hassle (informal), aggravate (informal), incense, enrage, gall, put someone out, madden, exasperate, vex, affront, chafe, irk, rile, pique, get on someone's nerves (informal), get someone's back up, piss someone off (taboo, slang), put someone's back up, try someone's patience, nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), make someone's blood boil, get in someone's hair (informal), rub someone up the wrong way, hack someone off (informal) Definition to annoy or anger Cancellations rarely riled him. Synonyms anger, upset, provoke, bug (informal), annoy, irritate, aggravate (informal), gall, nettle, vex, irk, pique, peeve (informal), get under your skin (informal), get on your nerves (informal), nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), piss you off (taboo, slang), get your goat (slang), try your patience, rub you up the wrong way, get or put your back up, hack you off (informal) Definition to annoy or irritate My refusal to let him ruffle me infuriated him. Synonyms annoy, worry, trouble, upset, confuse, stir, disturb, rattle (informal), irritate, put out, unsettle, shake up (informal), harass, hassle (informal), agitate, unnerve, disconcert, disquiet, nettle, vex, fluster, perturb, faze, peeve (informal), hack off (informal) Definition to cause (someone) to feel annoyance or irritation Everything about that man vexes me. Synonyms annoy, bother, irritate, worry, trouble, upset, disturb, distress, provoke, bug (informal), offend, needle (informal), plague, put out, tease, torment, harass, hassle (informal), aggravate (informal), afflict, fret, gall, agitate, exasperate, nettle, pester, displease, rile, pique, peeve (informal), grate on, get on your nerves (informal), nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), give someone grief (British, South Africa), get your back up, put your back up, hack you off (informal) |