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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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