irked; irking; irks
: to make weary, irritated, or bored
1
: the fact of being annoying
2
: a source of annoyance
Examples of irk in a Sentence
Verb
Drivers were irked by the higher gasoline prices.
It irks me to have to clean up after you.
Noun
one of the prof's major irks is a cell phone that rings during a lecture
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Mike Allen, Axios, 16 Mar. 2025
What's better The power of a suitcase lab: For years, something has irked Erik Karlsson.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 14 Mar. 2025
Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022
The Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson varieties seem to sit somewhere in the middle of the spectrum of immunological irk.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2021
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Verb
President Trump has enjoyed some of his highest approval ratings in the early days of his second term — though the specifics of his aggressive policies have begun to irk Americans in recent polling.
—Mike Allen, Axios, 16 Mar. 2025
What's better The power of a suitcase lab: For years, something has irked Erik Karlsson.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
The violence gets worse from there, and somehow all that is supposed to fit into a show about a Washington socialite whose biggest irk in the premiere is her rivalry with the first lady.
—Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022
The Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson varieties seem to sit somewhere in the middle of the spectrum of immunological irk.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2021
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“Irk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irk. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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