irks

Meaning of irks

verb, 3rd person present
  1. irritate; annoy.
    it irks her to think of the runaround she received

Middle English (in the sense ‘be annoyed or disgusted’): perhaps from Old Norse yrkja ‘to work’.

Information about irks

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of irks is: irk.
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Hyphenation of irks

irks

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • irks is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

irks synonyms

Meaning make (someone) annoyed or a little angry:

irritate

Meaning make (someone) a little angry; irritate:

annoy

Meaning make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters:

vex

Meaning bold and impudent behaviour:

gall

Meaning make or cause to make a rapid succession of short, sharp knocking sounds:

rattle

Meaning feel irritated or resentful:

pique

Meaning irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely:

exasperate

Meaning make (someone) feel annoyed or dissatisfied:

displease

Meaning fill (someone) with anger; provoke anger in:

anger

Meaning make (someone) extremely angry and impatient:

infuriate

Meaning make (someone) extremely annoyed:

madden

Meaning perfume with incense or a similar fragrance:

incense

Meaning disconcert or upset the composure of (someone):

ruffle

Meaning refuse to approve of:

discountenance

Meaning cause (someone) to become hostile:

antagonize

Meaning deliberately make (someone) annoyed or angry:

provoke

Meaning provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction:

goad

Meaning annoy or irritate:

peeve

Meaning annoy:

miff

Meaning make (someone) annoyed or irritated:

rile

Meaning annoy or exasperate:

aggravate

Meaning irritate or annoy (someone):

nettle

Meaning provoke or annoy (someone) by continual criticism or questioning:

needle

Meaning annoy (someone) greatly:

get

Meaning annoy or bother (someone):

bug

Meaning cause annoyance to:

nark

Meaning annoy or irritate (someone):

rankle

Meaning sit on and control the movement of (an animal, typically a horse):

ride

Meaning cover (an area of ground) with gravel:

gravel

irks antonyms

Meaning cause to feel happy and satisfied:

please

Anagrams of irks

Kirs, kirs, Kris, kris, risk

Words that rhyme with irks

birks, dirks, firks, chirks, shirks, Dunkirks, kirks, steenkirks, steinkirks, lirks, mirks, smirks, stirks, quirks, yirks

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