irk Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb irritate or vex
    gall.
    • It galls me that we lost the suit

WordNet

Irk transitive verb
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913