Library / English Dictionary

IRK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Irritate or vex

Example:

It galls me that we lost the suit

Synonyms:

gall; irk

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "irk" is one way to...):

anger (make angry)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to irk Sue

Credits