irk

See also: ırk and Irk

Translingual

Symbol

irk

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Iraqw.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Iraqw terms

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English irken (“to tire, grow weary”), from Old Norse yrkja (“to work”), from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”). Cognate with Icelandic yrkja (“to compose”), Swedish yrka (“to urge, argue”), Old English wyrċan (“to work”). Doublet of work.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɜːk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɝk/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k

Verb

irk (third-person singular simple present irks, present participle irking, simple past and past participle irked)

1. (transitive) to irritate; annoy; bother

   It irks me doing all this work and have someone wreck it.

   • 1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC:

     Let no man pray to Māna-Yood-Sushāī, for who shall trouble Māna with mortal woes or irk him with the sorrows of all the houses of Earth?

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:annoy

Derived terms

• forirk
• irksome
• irky

Translations

to irritate; annoy; bother

Bulgarian: безпокоя (bg) (bezpokoja), смущавам (bg) (smuštavam), досаждам (bg) (dosaždam) Cornish: veksya Czech: rozčilovat (cs) impf, štvát (cs) impf, dopalovat impf Finnish: ärsyttää (fi) French: agacer (fr), irriter (fr) German: ärgern (de) Hungarian: bosszant (hu) Italian: infastidire (it), irritare (it), seccare (it) Latin: piget, taedet Maori: hakirara, whakahōhā, whakakūrakuraku, rangirangi, whakatōwenewene Norwegian: irritere (no), plage (no) Polish: drażnić (pl) Portuguese: aborrecer (pt) Russian: раздража́ть (ru) (razdražátʹ) Spanish: fastidiar (es), molestar (es), irritar (es)

Anagrams

• KRI, Rik, ikr, IKR, rik, k'ri, Kri, kir

Manx

Noun

irk

1. plural of ark