irk
verb/ɜːk/
/ɜːrk/
(formal or literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they irk | /ɜːk/ /ɜːrk/ |
| he / she / it irks | /ɜːks/ /ɜːrks/ |
| past simple irked | /ɜːkt/ /ɜːrkt/ |
| past participle irked | /ɜːkt/ /ɜːrkt/ |
| -ing form irking | /ˈɜːkɪŋ/ /ˈɜːrkɪŋ/ |
- irk somebody (to do something) | it irks somebody that… to annoy somebody
- Her flippant tone irked him.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘be annoyed or disgusted’): perhaps from Old Norse yrkja ‘to work’.Definitions on the go
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