Definition for Irk:

• ( archaic). Disgust, tire, bore, esp. it irks( me, him, &c.). [ middle English]

Synonyms for Irk:

• n.

  •
  • frustrate,
  • drive someone mad,
  • madden,
  • anger.
  •
  • feelings.
  •pique (noun)
  • dis pleasures,
  • dis-pleasures,
  • flareup,
  • pro vocation,
  • pro-vocations,
  • pro vocations,
  • slow burns,
  • dis-pleasure,
  • dis pleasure.

• v.

  •afflict (verb)
  • lacerate,
  • burden,
  • worry,
  • agonize,
  • press,
  • oppress,
  • martyr,
  • wound,
  • strike,
  • torment,
  • torture,
  • rack,
  • beset,
  • crucify,
  • smite.
  •aggravate (verb)
  • arouse,
  • pick on,
  • be on the back of,
  • bedevil,
  • enrage,
  • wig,
  • be at,
  • infuriate,
  • tease,
  • upset,
  • drive up the wall,
  • envenom,
  • hack,
  • bait,
  • badger,
  • inflame,
  • antagonize,
  • dog,
  • get on one's nerves.
  •annoy (verb)
  • egg on,
  • nudge,
  • break,
  • Henpeck,
  • beleaguer,
  • t-off,
  • ride,
  • turn off,
  • push button,
  • agitate,
  • gnaw.
  •bait (verb)
  • hound,
  • persecute.
  •bore (verb)
  • exhaust,
  • discomfort,
  • talk one's ear off,
  • burn out,
  • pall,
  • jade,
  • fatigue,
  • turn one off,
  • be tedious,
  • bend one's ear,
  • send to sleep,
  • put to sleep,
  • cloy,
  • drag,
  • wear out.
  •bother (verb)
  • dismay,
  • impede,
  • hurt,
  • scare,
  • tantalize,
  • disconcert,
  • alarm,
  • browbeat,
  • goad,
  • taunt,
  • cross,
  • perplex,
  • disquiet,
  • pursue,
  • hinder,
  • concern,
  • insult.
  •chafe (verb)
  • itch,
  • scratch,
  • incense,
  • fume,
  • rub,
  • scrape,
  • rage,
  • offend.
  •chagrin (verb)
  • crush,
  • shame,
  • confuse,
  • abash,
  • humiliate,
  • mortify,
  • dissatisfy,
  • disgrace.
  •discomfit (verb)
  • dis-comfit,
  • de-moralize,
  • dis countenance,
  • out wits,
  • dis countenanced,
  • dis-countenancing,
  • out-witting,
  • un settled,
  • over came,
  • un-settling,
  • over-comes,
  • un settling,
  • over coming,
  • dis comfits,
  • dis countenancing,
  • over-coming,
  • pre vents,
  • de moralizes,
  • de-moralizes,
  • out-wits,
  • de moralize,
  • de-moralized,
  • out witted,
  • un-settled,
  • out-wit,
  • over come,
  • un settle,
  • de-moralizing,
  • dis comfit,
  • over comes,
  • pre venting,
  • un-settle,
  • pre-venting,
  • dis-countenance,
  • dis countenances,
  • out-witted,
  • de moralizing,
  • dis-countenanced,
  • dis-countenances,
  • de moralized,
  • dis-comfits,
  • out witting,
  • un-settles,
  • pre-vent,
  • pre-vented,
  • pre vent,
  • pre-vents,
  • over-came,
  • un settles.
  •discommode (verb)
  • dis obliged,
  • dis-obliging,
  • dis-obliged,
  • dis obliging,
  • dis oblige,
  • dis commode,
  • dis-commode,
  • dis-obliges,
  • dis-commodes,
  • dis-oblige,
  • dis commodes,
  • dis obliges.
  •discompose (verb)
  • dis composed,
  • be-wilder,
  • dis organize,
  • be wilder,
  • be wildering,
  • be-wildering,
  • dis-organized,
  • dis composes,
  • dis organizing,
  • dis composing,
  • dis organizes,
  • dis-composed,
  • un-hinges,
  • un hinge,
  • dis-organizes,
  • dis compose,
  • un-hinge,
  • dis-composes,
  • un-hinged,
  • dis organized,
  • un hinging,
  • un hinges,
  • be-wilders,
  • be wilders,
  • dis-composing,
  • dis-compose,
  • dis-organizing,
  • be-wildered,
  • be wildered,
  • un hinged,
  • un-hinging,
  • dis-organize.
  •discourage (verb)
  • broke one heart,
  • dis-courages,
  • over awing,
  • un nerved,
  • over awes,
  • re pressing,
  • broke one's heart,
  • de-pressing,
  • un-nerving,
  • beating down,
  • de-presses,
  • de-press,
  • co-wed,
  • brake ones heart,
  • broke ones heart,
  • dis courage,
  • re pressed,
  • co wed,
  • broke heart,
  • beats down,
  • over-awe,
  • break ones heart,
  • break one heart,
  • over awe,
  • brake one heart,
  • over-awes,
  • breaking heart,
  • re presses,
  • breaks heart,
  • throwing cold water on,
  • over-awing,
  • breaking one heart,
  • breaks one heart,
  • breaks ones heart,
  • dis-courage,
  • breaking ones heart,
  • de press,
  • de presses,
  • throws cold water on,
  • de pressed,
  • un nerving,
  • brake one's heart,
  • over awed,
  • un-nerve,
  • un nerves,
  • de-pressed,
  • break heart,
  • re-pressing,
  • threw cold water on,
  • breaking one's heart,
  • co wing,
  • casts down,
  • over-awed,
  • un nerve,
  • co-wing,
  • dis courages,
  • breaks one's heart,
  • re-presses,
  • brake heart,
  • un-nerves,
  • re press,
  • de pressing.
  •disgust (verb)
  • dis-gusts,
  • turned one stomach,
  • out raging,
  • dis enchants,
  • re-volt,
  • re-volts,
  • dis-enchant,
  • makes sick,
  • turned ones stomach,
  • relucted,
  • out-raged,
  • relucting,
  • cloys on,
  • dis gusting,
  • turning one's stomach,
  • turned one's stomach,
  • turns one's stomach,
  • wast repulsive,
  • re volt,
  • offending morals of,
  • dis-enchanting,
  • dis enchanting,
  • filled with loathing,
  • were repulsive,
  • out-raging,
  • out-rage,
  • is repulsive,
  • art repulsive,
  • turn ones stomach,
  • re pulses,
  • turned stomach,
  • filling with loathing,
  • dis enchanted,
  • made sick,
  • turning stomach,
  • turns ones stomach,
  • dis-gusted,
  • makes one sick,
  • made one sick,
  • turn one stomach,
  • re pulsed,
  • turns stomach,
  • cloyed on,
  • dis-enchants,
  • re-pulsed,
  • re-pulsing,
  • turns one stomach,
  • dis gusted,
  • making one sick,
  • relucts,
  • was repulsive,
  • wert repulsive,
  • dis gust,
  • cloying on,
  • dis-enchanted,
  • out rages,
  • fills with loathing,
  • re pulsing,
  • making sick,
  • turning one stomach,
  • being repulsive,
  • dis-gust,
  • dis gusts,
  • offends morals of,
  • re volts,
  • am repulsive,
  • grosses out,
  • out raged,
  • re-pulses,
  • turning ones stomach,
  • out-rages,
  • grossing out,
  • dis-gusting,
  • dis enchant,
  • offended morals of,
  • are repulsive.
  •displease (verb)
  • cut quick,
  • cutting quick,
  • cutting to the quick,
  • dis content,
  • dis-pleases,
  • dis-appoints,
  • dis pleased,
  • dis-appointed,
  • cutting to quick,
  • dis pleasing,
  • dis-content,
  • dis appointed,
  • cuts to the quick,
  • dis contented,
  • dis appoint,
  • dis-appoint,
  • dis-contenting,
  • cuts quick,
  • dis-pleasing,
  • dis-pleased,
  • cut the quick,
  • dis please,
  • cuts to quick,
  • dis appoints,
  • cut to quick,
  • dis pleases,
  • dis-contents,
  • dis-please,
  • dis contenting,
  • zinged,
  • dis appointing,
  • dis-contented,
  • dis contents,
  • cutting the quick,
  • dis-appointing,
  • cuts the quick.
  •distress (verb)
  • was on one's case,
  • de-solating,
  • dost a number on,
  • nit pick,
  • are one case,
  • dost number on,
  • wert one's case,
  • nit picked,
  • wert case,
  • wast on case,
  • am one's case,
  • being on one's case,
  • dis tress,
  • wast on ones case,
  • be one's case,
  • was on ones case,
  • being on case,
  • be on ones case,
  • de solating,
  • is on case,
  • be on case,
  • wast on one's case,
  • is on one case,
  • doth a number on,
  • art case,
  • am one case,
  • wast one case,
  • am on case,
  • am on ones case,
  • pushed buttons,
  • are on case,
  • nit picking,
  • de solated,
  • didst a number on,
  • wert on ones case,
  • doeth number on,
  • are on ones case,
  • pushes buttons,
  • doest a number on,
  • wast one's case,
  • nit-picked,
  • were on one case,
  • was on one case,
  • wert ones case,
  • wert on one's case,
  • being one's case,
  • wert one case,
  • doeth a number on,
  • being one case,
  • am case,
  • was ones case,
  • made tough for,
  • dis-tress,
  • are on one case,
  • were one's case,
  • were on case,
  • be case,
  • wast case,
  • de-solate,
  • is case,
  • de-solated,
  • were case,
  • pushing buttons,
  • made it tough for,
  • doth number on,
  • is one's case,
  • wert on one case,
  • be ones case,
  • art ones case,
  • making it tough for,
  • nit picks,
  • wast ones case,
  • are case,
  • being case,
  • did a number on,
  • making tough for,
  • wert on case,
  • dis tressed,
  • being on one case,
  • makes tough for,
  • are one's case,
  • did number on,
  • doest number on,
  • is on one's case,
  • am on one case,
  • de-solates,
  • doing a number on,
  • were ones case,
  • be on one case,
  • make tough for,
  • are on one's case,
  • de solate,
  • am ones case,
  • doing number on,
  • wast on one case,
  • is one case,
  • being on ones case,
  • were on one's case,
  • does a number on,
  • be one case,
  • was one case,
  • nit-picks,
  • was on case,
  • are ones case,
  • being ones case,
  • was one's case,
  • dis-tressed,
  • de solates,
  • dis-tresses,
  • was case,
  • were one case,
  • is on ones case,
  • makes it tough for,
  • is ones case,
  • dis tresses,
  • art one's case,
  • didst number on,
  • does number on,
  • am on one's case,
  • were on ones case.
  •disturb (verb)
  • dis-heartened,
  • dis-tracts,
  • inter-feres,
  • ex cite,
  • ex cited,
  • ex-cite,
  • dis tracts,
  • inter-fere,
  • makes uneasy,
  • dis-heartens,
  • dis-tract,
  • inter fere,
  • dis heartens,
  • dis heartening,
  • inter feres,
  • dis tract,
  • ex-cites,
  • dis hearten,
  • dis-hearten,
  • making uneasy,
  • ex-cited,
  • dis heartened,
  • ex citing,
  • dis-heartening,
  • made uneasy,
  • ex cites.
  •embarrass (verb)
  • making monkey of,
  • put the spot,
  • put a hole,
  • catching one short,
  • catches short,
  • catching short,
  • putting on the spot,
  • threw in to a tizzy,
  • make monkey of,
  • gives a bad time,
  • puts in spot,
  • made a monkey of,
  • catch short,
  • made monkey of,
  • put out countenance,
  • put a spot,
  • putting a hole,
  • makes monkey of,
  • throws in to a tizzy,
  • puts in hole,
  • gave bad time,
  • threw into tizzy,
  • threw in to tizzy,
  • putting the spot,
  • puts the spot,
  • puts out countenance,
  • throwing into tizzy,
  • puts a hole,
  • puts in a spot,
  • putting in spot,
  • caught one short,
  • hanging up,
  • makes a monkey of,
  • putting out of countenance,
  • throwing in to a tizzy,
  • putting a spot,
  • put in spot,
  • putting out countenance,
  • put in hole,
  • puts out of countenance,
  • putting in a hole,
  • giving bad time,
  • throws in to tizzy,
  • puts a spot,
  • puts on the spot,
  • catches one short,
  • gave a bad time,
  • hangs up,
  • throws into tizzy,
  • puts hole,
  • gives bad time,
  • put hole,
  • throwing in to tizzy,
  • give bad time,
  • putting on spot,
  • puts spot,
  • puts in a hole,
  • throwing into a tizzy,
  • puts on spot,
  • throws into a tizzy,
  • threw into a tizzy,
  • put on spot,
  • putting hole,
  • making a monkey of,
  • giving a bad time,
  • put spot,
  • throw in to tizzy,
  • throw in to a tizzy,
  • putting in a spot,
  • putting in hole,
  • hanged up.
  •emotion (verb)
  • gall.
  •exasperate (verb)
  • ex-asperate,
  • ex asperates,
  • trying patience of,
  • ex asperate,
  • ex-asperating,
  • ex-asperates,
  • ex-asperated,
  • trying the patience of,
  • tries patience of,
  • tries the patience of,
  • try patience of,
  • tried patience of,
  • ex asperated,
  • ex asperating,
  • tried the patience of.
  •exercise (verb)
  • pre occupies,
  • pre occupying,
  • pre occupied,
  • pre-occupied,
  • pre-occupy,
  • pre-occupying,
  • pre-occupies,
  • pre occupy.
  •fester (verb)
  • de cays,
  • de-cays,
  • de-cay,
  • de cay.
  •get (verb)
  • gets someone goat,
  • getting someones goat,
  • getting someone's goat,
  • gotten someone goat,
  • gotten someone's goat,
  • get someones goat,
  • gat someone goat,
  • gat someone's goat,
  • gets someones goat,
  • gotten someones goat,
  • get someone goat,
  • got someone's goat,
  • gets someone's goat,
  • got someones goat,
  • getting someone goat,
  • gat someones goat,
  • got someone goat.
  •get under one's skin (verb)
  • push ones buttons,
  • pushed one buttons,
  • push one buttons,
  • pushing ones buttons,
  • pushing one's buttons,
  • get under one skin,
  • pushes one buttons,
  • pushes one's buttons,
  • pushed one's buttons,
  • pushing one buttons,
  • pushes ones buttons,
  • get under ones skin,
  • pushed ones buttons.
  •harass (verb)
  • de spoil,
  • de-spoiling,
  • rattled ones cage,
  • rattles ones cage,
  • rattling one's cage,
  • rattling cage,
  • noodging,
  • de-spoils,
  • rattles one cage,
  • rattled cage,
  • rattles one's cage,
  • rattling one cage,
  • rattling ones cage,
  • de spoiled,
  • rattles cage,
  • rattled one's cage,
  • de-spoil,
  • noodged,
  • rattled one cage,
  • jerks around,
  • rattle cage,
  • de-spoiled,
  • jerking around,
  • de spoils,
  • de spoiling,
  • rattle ones cage,
  • rattle one cage.
  •harry (verb)
  • de predate,
  • de predates,
  • de predating,
  • de-predate,
  • de-predates,
  • de-predated,
  • de-predating,
  • de predated,
  • chivies.
  •pain (verb)
  • ex cruciate,
  • ex-cruciate.
  •peeve (verb)
  • gets ones goat,
  • getting one's goat,
  • gat goat,
  • got one's goat,
  • gat one goat,
  • getting ones goat,
  • gat ones goat,
  • gat one's goat,
  • getting goat,
  • get ones goat,
  • gets goat,
  • got goat,
  • gotten one goat,
  • gets one goat,
  • got ones goat,
  • gotten ones goat,
  • get one goat,
  • gotten one's goat,
  • gotten goat,
  • getting one goat,
  • got one goat.
  •pester (verb)
  • get ones hair,
  • got ones hair,
  • gotten one's hair,
  • got one's hair,
  • drave crazy,
  • gat in hair,
  • gets in one hair,
  • re-minded,
  • gets one's hair,
  • gets one hair,
  • getting hair,
  • getting in hair,
  • gat in one's hair,
  • got in hair,
  • got in ones hair,
  • gotten in one's hair,
  • gat hair,
  • gotten one hair,
  • gotten in hair,
  • get in ones hair,
  • getting in one hair,
  • messes with,
  • drove crazy,
  • get one hair,
  • gets hair,
  • gotten in ones hair,
  • gat one's hair,
  • re-minds,
  • gets in hair,
  • gotten in one hair,
  • gat ones hair,
  • get in one hair,
  • re-minding,
  • got in one hair,
  • got one hair,
  • gotten ones hair,
  • getting in one's hair,
  • messing with,
  • gotten hair,
  • messed with,
  • gets in ones hair,
  • gat in one hair,
  • got hair,
  • getting in ones hair,
  • gat one hair,
  • getting one hair,
  • gat in ones hair,
  • gets in one's hair,
  • re mind,
  • getting one's hair,
  • get hair,
  • got in one's hair,
  • re minding,
  • getting ones hair,
  • re-mind,
  • driving crazy,
  • re minded,
  • gets ones hair,
  • drives crazy,
  • get one's hair,
  • re minds.
  •pique (verb)
  • gets rise out of,
  • give business,
  • giving the business,
  • gat a rise out of,
  • gives business,
  • giving business,
  • gotten rise out of,
  • gotten a rise out of,
  • got rise out of,
  • gets a rise out of,
  • gave the business,
  • get rise out of,
  • got a rise out of,
  • gave business,
  • getting rise out of,
  • gives the business,
  • getting a rise out of,
  • gat rise out of.
  •provoke (verb)
  • tried one patience,
  • working in to lather,
  • in-cited,
  • trying ones patience,
  • wrought into lather,
  • in cites,
  • trying one patience,
  • worked into lather,
  • tries ones patience,
  • tried ones patience,
  • tried patience,
  • setting on,
  • made blood boil,
  • tries one patience,
  • try ones patience,
  • work in to lather,
  • works into lather,
  • try one patience,
  • worked in to lather,
  • tries patience,
  • in-cite,
  • wrought in to lather,
  • makes blood boil,
  • trying patience,
  • in cite,
  • trying one's patience,
  • making blood boil,
  • works in to lather,
  • sets on,
  • working into lather,
  • try patience,
  • tried one's patience,
  • tries one's patience.
  •put out (verb)
  • imposing upon,
  • imposes up on,
  • imposing up on,
  • imposed up on,
  • impose up on.
  •rile (verb)
  • rubbing one the wrong way,
  • rubbing one wrong way,
  • rubbed one the wrong way,
  • rubbed one wrong way,
  • rubs one the wrong way,
  • rubs one wrong way,
  • rub one wrong way.
  •rub the wrong way (verb)
  • ruffled one feathers,
  • ruffle one feathers,
  • ruffling one's feathers,
  • rub wrong way,
  • ruffles feathers,
  • ruffled ones feathers,
  • ruffled one's feathers,
  • ruffling ones feathers,
  • ruffles ones feathers,
  • ruffling feathers,
  • ruffling one feathers,
  • ruffles one feathers,
  • ruffle feathers,
  • ruffle ones feathers,
  • ruffles one's feathers.
  •tire (verb)
  • over burdening,
  • over-strained,
  • over-worked,
  • over-works,
  • over burden,
  • over working,
  • over straining,
  • over-burdened,
  • over burdened,
  • over strain,
  • over taxed,
  • over-taxed,
  • over taxes,
  • over-tax,
  • growing weary,
  • over taxing,
  • ennuiing,
  • over strains,
  • over-strains,
  • going stale,
  • grows weary,
  • over-taxing,
  • over-taxes,
  • over worked,
  • over tax,
  • over-strain,
  • over strained,
  • went stale,
  • over-burdening,
  • over-straining,
  • over works,
  • over-burdens,
  • over burdens,
  • goes stale.
  •trouble (verb)
  • made fuss,
  • makes a scene,
  • makes a fuss,
  • making a scene,
  • making fuss,
  • made a scene,
  • imposed on,
  • imposes on,
  • make fuss,
  • making scene,
  • made a fuss,
  • makes scene,
  • made scene,
  • making a fuss,
  • make scene,
  • imposing on,
  • makes fuss.
  •wear (verb)
  • gets the better of,
  • get better of,
  • re-duce,
  • gat better of,
  • got better of,
  • getting the better of,
  • getting better of,
  • re-duces,
  • gotten the better of,
  • re duce,
  • re duces,
  • got the better of,
  • gat the better of,
  • gets better of,
  • gotten better of.
  •weary (verb)
  • has had enough,
  • hast had enough,
  • hath had enough,
  • take out of,
  • hadst had enough,
  • left cold,
  • had had enough,
  • losing interest,
  • leaves cold,
  • causes ennui,
  • left one cold,
  • leaved one cold,
  • leaving cold,
  • takes it out of,
  • grows tired,
  • growing tired,
  • grew tired,
  • caused ennui,
  • causing ennui,
  • making discontented,
  • leave cold,
  • leaved cold,
  • made discontented,
  • having had enough,
  • taking it out of,
  • took it out of,
  • loses interest,
  • took out of,
  • haddest had enough,
  • lost interest,
  • taking out of,
  • leaving one cold,
  • makes discontented,
  • tuckers out,
  • tuckering out,
  • leaves one cold,
  • takes out of.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • nettle.
  •aggravate
  • Bummed,
  • got to,
  • getting to,
  • Hacked,
  • wigging,
  • get to,
  • Hacking,
  • give a hard time,
  • Nettles,
  • gets to,
  • wigged,
  • Bumming.
  •bore
  • sent to sleep,
  • puts to sleep,
  • putting to sleep.
  •chafe
  • Rubbed,
  • in flames.
  •disappoint
  • disgruntle.
  •displease
  • Winging,
  • zinging,
  • curdling,
  • Discontenting,
  • cut to the quick,
  • play dirty,
  • curdled.
  •fester
  • Ulcerating,
  • Ulcered,
  • ulcerate,
  • ulcerated,
  • ulcerates,
  • ulcering,
  • blistered.
  •gall
  • galling.
  •pain
  • anguished,
  • pained.
  •put out
  • imposes upon,
  • impose upon,
  • imposed upon.
  •weary
  • Drowsed,
  • tucker out,
  • drowse,
  • take it out of,
  • drowsing,
  • drowses,
  • tuckered out,
  • have had enough,
  • make discontented,
  • leave one cold,
  • cause ennui,
  • wearied,
  • grow tired,
  • lose interest.

Antonyms for Irk:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    joy, pleasure.

• v.

  • afflict
    comfort, solace, stay away from, help, aid, take care of.
  • aggravate
    soften, make happy, mollify, gladden, appease.
  • aggravate; rub the wrong way
    assist, calm.
  • annoy
    gratify, soothe.
  • bore
    charm, interest, excite, amuse.
  • bug
    not bother.
  • irk
    delight, please.

Irk Sentence Examples:

• And, as the days dragged and the storm did not abate, even talking began to irk Lawler.

Homophones for Irk:

• ERK, erck.

Hyponym for Irk:

• v.

  • emotion
    anger.