Irk
verb
To annoy or bother someone.
His constant humming started to irk me.
Often appears as...
- really irk
- start to irk
verb
To make tired or weary.
The long journey irked her.
Often appears as...
- long journey irked
- irked by
verb
To annoy or bother someone.
His constant humming started to irk me.
Often appears as...
- really irk
- start to irk
verb
To make tired or weary.
The long journey irked her.
Often appears as...
- long journey irked
- irked by
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Use 'irk' to express mild irritation, less strong than anger or rage.
It irks me when you don't listen to my advice.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Context
'Irk' is informal and best used in casual conversations or writings.
Loud chewing really irks me during meals.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Feeling
What irks one person might not irk another; it's subjective.
It might irk me, but others may enjoy the sound of drums at night.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Use 'irk' to express mild irritation, less strong than anger or rage.
It irks me when you don't listen to my advice.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Context
'Irk' is informal and best used in casual conversations or writings.
Loud chewing really irks me during meals.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Feeling
What irks one person might not irk another; it's subjective.
It might irk me, but others may enjoy the sound of drums at night.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Use 'irk' to express mild irritation, less strong than anger or rage.
It irks me when you don't listen to my advice.
Pro Tip 2/3Casual Context
'Irk' is informal and best used in casual conversations or writings.
Loud chewing really irks me during meals.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Feeling
What irks one person might not irk another; it's subjective.
It might irk me, but others may enjoy the sound of drums at night.
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you know it irks me to no end when your roommate accidentally goes into hibernation on the couch in the den hey you guys want to come watch football just help me move my bear first so we
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And they're equally as important, and they're just as hard. It irks me
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How To Keep A Grizzly...
you know it irks me to no end when your roommate accidentally goes into hibernation on the couch in the den hey you guys want to come watch football just help me move my bear first so we
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Why tech needs the...
And they're equally as important, and they're just as hard. It irks me
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Quote examples
Hannibal Buress
American Comedian
I just write and do what I think is funny. Sometimes, you do have it in your head about certain bits. There are certain jokes where I know if I did them in certain situations, it would irk people. There are times where I look at the news and see a story going on, and I'm like, 'Wow, if I tweeted this, I would get press if I wanted to.
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Bharti Singh
If I go home I'll see poverty, I didn't want to go home. No vegetables today. So make black tea and eat stuffed bread dipped in black tea. The noise from the machine while stitching dupattas. I've heard that for 21 years of my life because my mother used to stitch veils. I still get irked when I listen to it.
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Jerry Saltz
American Critic
I see artists bored by light-without-heat, irked at gigantic galleries' pushing out art-as-product, leaving behind the over determined for the undetermined, guided by interior voices and bringing us out of a long tunnel to new blueness.
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Raj Kundra
What irks me most about Shilpa is that she can get extremely hyper. I ask her to calm down. She's become a lot more placid than before. Any major news and her whole world crumbles in front of her. I'm the calming factor in her life.
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Jason Blum
American Producer
I think being snobby about the kind of storytelling people do, it just irks me. It irks me. And in fact, it's one of the things that drives me to make as many horror movies as I do.
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Jay Samit
American Businessman
As a serial entrepreneur, angel investor and public company CEO, nothing irks me more than when a startup founder talks about wanting to cash in with an initial public offering.
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Rajesh Khattar
Indian Actor
Getting a random star whose voice is not the right fit for the character but simply adds star value is avoidable as that can actually irk the audience.
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James Wan
Australian Producer
It kind of irks me that the studio films still have to be so safe even though they don't really cost as much to make.
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Shavo Odadjian
We're musicians and despite that, we get more political questions than musical questions, which kind of irks me.
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May Pang
American Businesswoman
When you hear something that's not correct, it really starts to irk someone.
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Hannibal Buress
American Comedian
I just write and do what I think is funny. Sometimes, you do have it in your head about certain bits. There are certain jokes where I know if I did them in certain situations, it would irk people. There are times where I look at the news and see a story going on, and I'm like, 'Wow, if I tweeted this, I would get press if I wanted to.
Quote examples
Bharti Singh
If I go home I'll see poverty, I didn't want to go home. No vegetables today. So make black tea and eat stuffed bread dipped in black tea. The noise from the machine while stitching dupattas. I've heard that for 21 years of my life because my mother used to stitch veils. I still get irked when I listen to it.
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Jerry Saltz
American Critic
I see artists bored by light-without-heat, irked at gigantic galleries' pushing out art-as-product, leaving behind the over determined for the undetermined, guided by interior voices and bringing us out of a long tunnel to new blueness.
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Raj Kundra
What irks me most about Shilpa is that she can get extremely hyper. I ask her to calm down. She's become a lot more placid than before. Any major news and her whole world crumbles in front of her. I'm the calming factor in her life.
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Jason Blum
American Producer
I think being snobby about the kind of storytelling people do, it just irks me. It irks me. And in fact, it's one of the things that drives me to make as many horror movies as I do.
Quote examples
Jay Samit
American Businessman
As a serial entrepreneur, angel investor and public company CEO, nothing irks me more than when a startup founder talks about wanting to cash in with an initial public offering.
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Rajesh Khattar
Indian Actor
Getting a random star whose voice is not the right fit for the character but simply adds star value is avoidable as that can actually irk the audience.
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James Wan
Australian Producer
It kind of irks me that the studio films still have to be so safe even though they don't really cost as much to make.
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Shavo Odadjian
We're musicians and despite that, we get more political questions than musical questions, which kind of irks me.
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May Pang
American Businesswoman
When you hear something that's not correct, it really starts to irk someone.
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