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- Dictionaryirk/əːk/
verb
- 1. irritate; annoy: "it irks her to think of the runaround she received"
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to annoy someone: Her comments really irked me. (Definition of irk from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of irk. irk. It irks him that his peers do not feel as strongly. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
The meaning of IRK is to make weary, irritated, or bored. How to use irk in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Irk.
irk. (ɜːʳk ) Word forms: irks , irking , irked. verb. If something irks you, it irritates or annoys you. [formal] The rehearsal process also irked him increasingly. [VERB noun] She was irked by their behavior.
to annoy someone: The negative reply to my complaint really irked me. Synonym. gall. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to annoy someone. annoy It annoys me that you're always late. bother It bothers me that you don't help with the dishes. irritate After a while her behavior really began to irritate me.
The verb irk means "annoy," so if the incessant barking of your next door neighbor's pug is driving you crazy, you can say that the noise irks you. Being irked is an individual thing — what drives you crazy might be something your friend doesn't even notice.
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.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Irk definition: to irritate, annoy, or exasperate. See examples of IRK used in a sentence.
