From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishirkirk /ɜːk $ ɜːrk/ verb [transitive] ANNOYif something irks you, it makes you feel annoyed SYN annoy→ See Verb table
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irk• In a move that particularly irked Hartlepool supporters, Little also bought Andy Toman.• In a way, this irked him and always had done.• This reversal of roles, she had sensed, would irk him.• He was irked, I could tell.• The increased traffic noise has irked many residents.• It irks me that the Five-Hundred-Mile-Race grandstands are basically inaccessible-a group of us are working diligently to correct that.• Yes, the softness I am looking at somehow irks me.• And that irks them even more.Origin irk (1300-1400) Perhaps from Old Norse yrkja “to work” 