Usually means: Annoys or irritates someone mildly.
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  1. irks: Merriam-Webster
  2. irks: Collins English Dictionary
  3. irks: Vocabulary.com
  4. Irks, irks: Wordnik
  5. irks: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. irks: Wiktionary
  7. irks: Dictionary.com
  8. irks: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Irks: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. irks: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. irks: Legal dictionary

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  1. IRKS: Acronym Finder

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  1. irks: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Irk)

▸ verb:  (transitive) to irritate; annoy; bother
▸ noun:  A river in Greater Manchester, England, which joins the River Irwell in Manchester city centre.
▸ Also see irk


Opposite:
pleases, delights, satisfies



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pleases, delights, satisfies



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