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Antonyms for irked

Grammar : Verb
Spell : urk
Phonetic Transcription : Éœrk

Definition of irked

Origin :
  • mid-15c., irken "be weary of, be disgusted with;" earlier intransitive, "to feel weary" (early 14c.). Of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Old Norse yrkja "work" (from PIE root *werg- "to work;" see urge (v.)), or Middle High German erken "to disgust." Modern sense of "annoy" is from late 15c. An adjective, irk "weary, tired" is attested from c.1300 in northern and midlands writing.
  • verb aggravate; rub the wrong way
Example sentences :
  • But he felt he had to conceal something from her, and it irked him.
  • Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
  • It was soon seen, too, that just as he irked her, so she disparaged him—an open road to others.
  • Extract from : « On the Stairs » by Henry B. Fuller
  • He continued pacing to and fro, irked by his predicament, frowning with thought.
  • Extract from : « Counsel for the Defense » by Leroy Scott
  • After the humiliation of what had been said it irked Tabs to have to see him pay it.
  • Extract from : « The Kingdom Round the Corner » by Coningsby Dawson
  • He shook himself, as though his clothes, perhaps his body even, irked him.
  • Extract from : « The Bright Messenger » by Algernon Blackwood
  • He had been bested at his own game, duplicity, and that irked him.
  • Extract from : « The Carpet from Bagdad » by Harold MacGrath
  • It was not so much the discomfort as the ugliness of poverty which irked him.
  • Extract from : « A Girl Among the Anarchists » by Isabel Meredith
  • And the townsmen of Calatayúd, know well, it irked them sore.
  • Extract from : « The Lay of the Cid » by R. Selden Rose
  • And these conditions, on a ship he had once commanded, irked Murphy exceedingly.
  • Extract from : « Cappy Ricks Retires » by Peter B. Kyne
  • It irked him to be forced to rearrange his daily life—his habits.
  • Extract from : « The Million Dollar Mystery » by Harold MacGrath

Synonyms for irked

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