irk

Significat (English)

to irritate; annoy; bother

harrass

be sick of

be tired of

grate on

jar on

put out of tune

incur displeasure

be weary of

be bored with

put in a bad mood

be fed up with

enrage

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɜːk/

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”). More at work.

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