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Irk

🔄 Synonyms of "Irk"

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Word	Definition
gallnoun	(uncountable) Impudence or brazenness; temerity; chutzpah.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Irk"

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Word	Definition
gallnoun	(uncountable) Impudence or brazenness; temerity; chutzpah.
irritateverb	(transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
vexverb	(transitive) To annoy, irritate.
peevenoun	(colloquial) An annoyance or grievance.
annoyverb	(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
botherverb	(transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
troublenoun	A distressing or dangerous situation.
agitateverb	(transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
badgernoun	Any mammal belonging to the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora and Taxidea.
bugnoun	(entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
nettlenoun	Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
iraqinoun	Of, from, or pertaining to Iraq, or the Iraqi people.
riotnoun	A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
gratenoun	A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
get on someone's nervesverb	(idiomatic) To annoy or irritate someone; to bother someone.
wear onverb	(intransitive) (chiefly of time) To persist or continue with increasing exhaustion.
grignoun	A cricket or grasshopper.
worrynoun	A strong feeling of anxiety.
roilnoun	(transitive, of a person or group of people) To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.
importunenoun	(obsolete) Synonym of importuner.