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Meanings of irk in English

Portuguese
importunar
Catalan
amoïnar
Spanish
fastidiar

Irritate or vex.

        importunar
        Usage of irk in English
        1
        Just certain things about her are really starting to irk my nerves.
        Ebony
        2
        Some things annoy and irk me: for a start, golf and tennis.
        The Guardian
        3
        But it would seem you still irk the earth with your presence.
        Scarlet
        4
        The four walls of a room were an irk and a restraint.
        The Night-Born
        5
        Would I had a few of the years that so irk thee.
        Kim
        6
        Even so, the monotony of mere car repairing began to irk him.
        The Wrong Twin
        7
        It doth irk me much, that ever I came unto this country.
        The Nibelungenlied
        8
        At one time, the baby had been the only thing to irk her.
        Maleficent
        9
        Any perception that Muscat is allying with Riyadh may irk Tehran, analysts say.
        Reuters
        10
        But for some perverse reason it only served to irk him.
        Four dukes and a devil
        11
        I assumed it was another of Mercedes's tricks to irk me.
        The book of murder
        12
        Castor was not a man to mildly irk, never mind cross.
        The Guardian
        13
        He will have been reluctant to irk Xi given the precarious state of negotiations.
        Reuters
        14
        Twitter, Apple, AT&T irk customers User frustration ran high in IT news this week.
        Reuters
        15
        It doesn't seem to be a major disappointment, but it may irk you nonetheless.
        The South African
        16
        He wasn't sure when it had begun to irk him, but it did now.
        Casket of Souls
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