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2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: irk v : irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit" [syn: {gall}]
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