English-Thai Dictionary

irk

VT รบกวน  ทำให้ รำคาญ  infuriate annoy irritate rob-kuan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IRK

v.t.urk. To weary; to give pain to; used only impersonally; as, it irketh me, it gives me uneasiness. It is nearly obsolete.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IRK

Irk, v. t. Etym: [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. ]

 

Defn: To weary; to give pain; to annoy; -- used only impersonally at present. To see this sight, it irks my very soul. Shak. It irketh him to be here. M. Arnold.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

irk

irk |ərk ərk | ▶verb [ with obj. ] irritate; annoy: it irks her to think of the runaround she received. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘be annoyed or disgusted ’): perhaps from Old Norse yrkja ‘to work. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

irk

irk |əːk | ▶verb [ with obj. ] irritate; annoy: it irks her to think of the runaround she received. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘be annoyed or disgusted ’): perhaps from Old Norse yrkja ‘to work ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

irk

irk verb clearly, the prosecutor's opening questions irked him: irritate, annoy, gall, pique, nettle, exasperate, try someone's patience; anger, infuriate, madden, incense, get on someone's nerves; antagonize, provoke; informal get someone's dander up, ruffle someone's feathers, make someone's hackles rise; rub the wrong way, get (someone's goat ), get /put someone's back up, make someone's blood boil, peeve, miff, frost, rile, aggravate, needle, get to, bug, drive mad /crazy, tee off, tick off, piss off, PO, rankle, ride, drive up the wall, make someone see red. ANTONYMS please.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

irk

irk verb her reticence about certain things irked him: irritate, annoy, vex, gall, rattle, pique, rub up the wrong way, exasperate, try someone's patience, put out, displease; anger, infuriate, madden, incense, make someone's blood boil, get on someone's nerves, make angry, make cross; ruffle, ruffle someone's feathers, make someone's hackles rise, raise someone's hackles, discountenance; antagonize, provoke, goad; informal get someone's goat, get /put someone's back up, peeve, miff, rile, aggravate, nettle, needle, get, get to, bug, hack off, get under someone's skin, get up someone's nose, put someone's nose out of joint, give someone the hump, rattle someone's cage, get someone's dander up, drive mad /crazy, drive round the twist, drive up the wall, make someone see red; Brit. informal wind up, brown off, cheese off, nark, get across, get on someone's wick; N. Amer. informal tee off, tick off, burn up, rankle, ride, gravel; vulgar slang piss off; Brit. vulgar slang get on someone's tits; informal, dated give someone the pip. ANTONYMS please.

 

Duden Dictionary

IRK

IRK Abkürzung Internationales Rotes Kreuz

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

irk

irk /əː r k /動詞 他動詞 ｟主に米 かたく ｠〈物 事が 〉〈人 〉をいら [腹 ]立たせる, いらいら [じりじり ]させる ; うんざりさせる .