irks in English

verb

1

irritate; annoy.

it irks her to think of the runaround she received

synonyms: irritate, annoy, gall, pique, nettle, exasperate, try someone's patience, anger, infuriate, madden, incense, get on someone's nerves, antagonize, provoke, get someone's dander up, ruffle someone's feathers, make someone's hackles rise, rub the wrong way, get (someone's goat), get/put someone's back up, make someone's blood boil, peeve, miff, frost, rile, aggravate, needle, get to, bug, drive mad/crazy, tee off, tick off, piss off, PO, rankle, ride, drive up the wall, make someone see red

verb

• irritate, annoy, gall, pique, nettle, exasperate, try someone's patience, anger, infuriate, madden, incense, get on someone's nerves, antagonize, provoke, get someone's dander up, ruffle someone's feathers, make someone's hackles rise, rub the wrong way, get (someone's goat), get/put someone's back up, make someone's blood boil, peeve, miff, frost, rile, aggravate, needle, get to, bug, drive mad/crazy, tee off, tick off, piss off, PO, rankle, ride, drive up the wall, make someone see red
• gall

Use "irks" in a sentence

1. The trouble irks me a lot.

2. And that irks them even more. Sentencedict.com

3. Nothing irks Crankcase more than having to wait

4. It irks him to have to clean his house.

5. It irks me to see money being wasted.

6. 8 It irks him to have to clean his house.

7. It irks me to stay at home all day long.

8. It irks us to wait for people who are late.

9. Yes, the softness I am looking at somehow irks me.

10. Synonyms for Aggravates include annoys, irritates, exasperates, irks, nettles, vexes, peeves, piques, provokes and riles

11. Synonyms for Annoys include harasses, aggravates, antagonises, antagonizes, bugs, exasperates, galls, gets, goads and irks

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13. It irks me that the Five-Hundred-Mile-Race grandstands are basically inaccessible-a group of us are working diligently to correct that.

14. It irks them that some people have more of a chance than others for their voices to be heard.

15. Identify the person that irks you.Amidst a daily pattern of low-grade irritation at a co-worker's Annoying habits and

16. With all due respect, Sherri, truly, that comment (#51) represents just the sort of broad-Brushiness that irks me

17. What irks Mamata ' s acolytes is that in a make - or - break election she may be sticking her neck out for unworthy candidates .