Get to know Irk better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like gall or anger.
Irk meaning
to irritate; annoy; bother
Using Irk
- The main meaning on this page is: to irritate; annoy; bother
- Useful related words include: gall, anger.
- In the example corpus, irk often appears in combinations such as: to irk, irk me, irk trump.
Context around Irk
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Irk
- In this selection, "irk" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 18.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, truly, things, posts, ian, others and consumers stand out and add context to how "irk" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include advertiser to irk consumers and as posts irk an oligarch. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "irk" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with irk
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It really does irk me. (5 words)
Twitter’s slap on the wrist was enough to irk Trump. (11 words)
Herbex Health South Africa has become the latest advertiser to irk consumers. (12 words)
Confession: few things irk me more than scrolling through an Instagram feed of bluebird conditions and fresh powder while I’m stuck at home on a Sunday, desperately trying to finish a barrage of assignments. (35 words)
Kelly’s interview contained a number of statements likely to irk Trump, who remains at the White House during the shutdown, communicating with the outside world via his Twitter account. (30 words)
A version of this article appears in print on February 13, 2018, on Page A7 of the with the headline: YouTube Threatened As Posts Irk An Oligarch. (27 words)
Example sentences (13)
If these aspects truly irk you (they do irk me, don’t get me wrong), then detract a star from the rating.
By 1970, this movement had become the third-largest political force in the country to the irk of the established left.
But the very suggestion of the format change has been enough to irk some.
They know that their decision will irk and drive away subscribers, which will cause financial loss, but they still acted.
Confession: few things irk me more than scrolling through an Instagram feed of bluebird conditions and fresh powder while I’m stuck at home on a Sunday, desperately trying to finish a barrage of assignments.
Larry issued a threat, and it was something that started to irk Ian’s skin people.
Twitter’s slap on the wrist was enough to irk Trump.
It's a polarizing device that will make many very happy and irk others.
A version of this article appears in print on February 13, 2018, on Page A7 of the with the headline: YouTube Threatened As Posts Irk An Oligarch.
Herbex Health South Africa has become the latest advertiser to irk consumers.
It really does irk me.
It was the second US naval operation to irk China this week.
Kelly’s interview contained a number of statements likely to irk Trump, who remains at the White House during the shutdown, communicating with the outside world via his Twitter account.
Common combinations with irk
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to irk 6×
- irk me 3×
- irk trump 2×