irk : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: irk	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for irk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
irk v irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit" [syn: gall, irk]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irk \Irk\, 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; -- used only impersonally at present. To see this sight, it irks my very soul. --Shak. It irketh him to be here. --M. Arnold.