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irk

(ûrk)

tr.v. irked, irk·ing, irks

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

[Middle English irken, to weary, possibly from Old Norse yrkja, to work, make verses, harangue; see werg- in Indo-European roots.]

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irk

(ɜːk)

(tr) to irritate, vex, or annoy

[C13 irken to grow weary; probably related to Old Norse yrkja to work]

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irk

(ɜrk)

v.t.

to irritate, annoy, or exasperate.

[1300–50; Middle English: to grow tired, tire < Old Norse yrkja to work, c. Old English wyrcan]

irk

- Originally meant "grow tired"; a possible source is Old Norse yrkja, "work."

irk

Past participle: irked
Gerund: irking

Imperative
irk
irk

Present
I irk
you irk
he/she/it irks
we irk
you irk
they irk

Preterite
I irked
you irked
he/she/it irked
we irked
you irked
they irked

Present Continuous
I am irking
you are irking
he/she/it is irking
we are irking
you are irking
they are irking

Present Perfect
I have irked
you have irked
he/she/it has irked
we have irked
you have irked
they have irked

Past Continuous
I was irking
you were irking
he/she/it was irking
we were irking
you were irking
they were irking

Past Perfect
I had irked
you had irked
he/she/it had irked
we had irked
you had irked
they had irked

Future
I will irk
you will irk
he/she/it will irk
we will irk
you will irk
they will irk

Future Perfect
I will have irked
you will have irked
he/she/it will have irked
we will have irked
you will have irked
they will have irked

Future Continuous
I will be irking
you will be irking
he/she/it will be irking
we will be irking
you will be irking
they will be irking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been irking
you have been irking
he/she/it has been irking
we have been irking
you have been irking
they have been irking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been irking
you will have been irking
he/she/it will have been irking
we will have been irking
you will have been irking
they will have been irking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been irking
you had been irking
he/she/it had been irking
we had been irking
you had been irking
they had been irking

Conditional
I would irk
you would irk
he/she/it would irk
we would irk
you would irk
they would irk

Past Conditional
I would have irked
you would have irked
he/she/it would have irked
we would have irked
you would have irked
they would have irked

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Verb

irk - irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit"

gall

anger - make angry; "The news angered him"

irk

verb irritate, annoy, aggravate (informal), provoke, bug (informal), put out (informal), gall, ruffle, nettle, vex, rile, peeve (informal), get on your nerves (informal), nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. 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 The rehearsal process irked him increasingly.

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irk

verb

To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations:

aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, disturb, exasperate, fret, gall, get, irritate, nettle, peeve, provoke, put out, rile, ruffle, vex.

Idioms: get in one's hair, get on one's nerves, get under one's skin.

Translations

infastidire seccare

irk

[ɜːk] VT → fastidiar, molestar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

irk

[ˈɜː^rk] vt → agacer

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

irk

vt → verdrießen (geh), → ärgern

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irk

[ɜːk] vt → seccare

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