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Irk

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To be irritating, wearisome, or vexing to. See Synonyms at annoy.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. to irritate; annoy; bother

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To weary; to give pain; to annoy.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To weary; give pain to; annoy: now chiefly used with the impersonal it.

To feel weary or annoyed.

Weary; tired.

n. Weariness; irksomeness.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. irritate or vex

Word Usage

"Sandara used to kind of irk me because she used to sing In or Out which in my opinion is such an atrocious song that gets stuck in your head once you hear it."

Verb Form

irked irking irks

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

anger

Form

irksome

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

weary annoy

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Berk Burk Burke Dirk Kirk Merc Turk berk berserk birk