irk
Significado (English)
to irritate; annoy; bother
Synonyms
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
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ɜːk/
Etymology (English)
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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