Meaning

1 senses
  1. To irritate; annoy; bother

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

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    раздража́тьrazdražátʹ

    irritate or vex

Examples

9 sentences
  1. I was irked.

    Я був роздратований.

    ruЯ был раздражён.

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  2. Tom was irked by what Mary said.

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  3. What Mary said irked Tom.

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  4. Tom was irked.

    ruТом был раздражён.

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  5. Using guillemets in lieu of arrows irks me.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to irritate; annoy; bother:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to irritate; annoy; bother:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English irken (“to tire, grow weary”), from Old Norse yrkja (“to wor

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.

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Forms

irks, irking, irked, irked
Base formirk · to irk
3rd person singularirks
Present participleirking
Past simpleirked
Past participleirked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyirk
he, she, itirks

Past simpleLesson

all personsirked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave irked
he, she, ithas irked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill irk

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • irritate or vex:gall

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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