Meaning

1 senses

  1. An annoyance.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. I was irked.

    Я був роздратований. — deniko

    ruЯ был раздражён. — odexed

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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. — Selena777

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  5. Using guillemets in lieu of arrows irks me.

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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

plural: irks
Singularirk
Pluralirks

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
iridescentiridiumirisirksomeironB1

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