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Answer : IRK
irk, irks, irked, irking – v
to annoy or weary
SYNONYMS
aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, burn (up), chafe, eat, exasperate, frost, gall, get, grate, gripe, hack (off), irritate, itch, nark [British], nettle, peeve, persecute, pique, put out, rasp, rile, ruffle, spite, vex
SENTENCE EXAMPLES
“Drivers were irked by the higher gasoline prices.”
“It irks me to have to clean up after you.”
“These are big issues of the kind that tend to irk credit rating companies.”
ETYMOLOGY
irk (v.)
early 15c., irken, “to trouble (someone), disturb, hinder, annoy;” earlier “be lax, slow, or unwilling (in doing something); be displeased or discontented” (early 14c.); “be weary of, be disgusted with” (c. 1400); of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old Norse yrka “to work”.
Watkins suggests it is related to Old Norse yrkja “work.” Middle High German erken “to disgust” also has been suggested. A Middle English adjective, irk, meaning “weary, tired, bored; distressed, troubled; troublesome, annoying,” is attested from c. 1300 in Northern and Midlands writing; it is sometimes said to be from the verb, but it is older, and Middle English Compendium says this is probably Celtic, and compares Old Irish arcoat “he injures,” erchoat “harm, injury.”
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