Meaning
1 sensesTo irritate; annoy; bother
It irks me doing all this work and have someone wreck it.
ärgern
раздража́тьrazdražátʹ
irritate or vex
Examples
9 sentencesTranslations
7 languagesРусский
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 worInherited 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, irkedSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- irritate or vex:gall
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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