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irk

1 antonym for irk — opposites grouped by meaning.

Verb — To annoy, vex or trouble someone.

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Irk is inherited from Middle English irken (‘to tire, grow weary’), which traces back through Old Norse yrkja (‘to work’) and Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (‘to work’) to Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (‘to work’). It is cognate with Icelandic yrkja (‘to compose’), Swedish yrka (‘to urge, argue’) and Old English wyrċan (‘to wo...

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