Found 2 items, similar to irk.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: irk
irk
v : irritate or vex;
“It galls me that we lost the suit” [syn:
gall]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Irk
Irk
\Irk\ ([~e]rk), v. t. [OE. irken to tire, become tired; cf.
Sw. yrka to urge, enforce, press, or G. ekel disgust, MHG.
erklich disgusting; perh. akin to L. urgere to urge, E.
urge.]
To weary; to give pain; to annoy.
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To see this sight, it irks my very soul. --Shak.
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It irketh him to be here. --M. Arnold.
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