Irk

  • 41irk — [[t]ɜ͟ː(r)k[/t]] irks, irking, irked VERB If something irks you, it irritates or annoys you. [FORMAL] [V n] The rehearsal process also irked him increasingly... [V n] She was irked by their behavior... [it V …

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  • 42irk — Éœrk /ɜːk v. annoy, bother, irritate; tire …

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  • 43irk — [ə:k] verb irritate; annoy. Origin ME: perh. from ON yrkja to work …

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  • 44IRK — abbr. Interswitch Rekeying Key …

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  • 45irk — verb (T) if something irks you, it makes you feel annoyed, especially because you feel you cannot change the situation: Luna never told me what irked her that Sunday morning …

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  • 46irk — verb clearly, the prosecutor s opening questions irked him Syn: irritate, annoy, gall, pique, nettle, exasperate, try someone s patience; anger, infuriate, madden, incense, get on someone s nerves; antagonize, provoke; informal get someone s… …

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  • 47irk — v irritate, annoy, provoke, vex, pique, peeve, nettle, chafe, get on [s.o. s] nerves, tread on [s.o. s] toes, go against the grain, run afoul of [s.o.], Chiefly U.S. rile, Inf. aggravate, Inf. miff, Inf. give [s.o.] a pain, Inf. rub [s.o.] the… …

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  • 48irk — [[t]ɜrk[/t]] v. t. to irritate, annoy, or exasperate • Etymology: 1300–50; ME: to grow tired, tire < ON yrkja to work, c. OE wyrcan …

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  • 49IRK — • inwardly rectifying potassium [channel] …

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  • 50irk — /ɜk / (say erk) verb (t) to weary, annoy, or trouble: it irked her to wait. {Middle English irke, yrk(e) tire, from Scandinavian; compare Icelandic yrkja work, related to Old English wyrcan; see work} …