different between irk vs discommode

English

Etymology

From Middle English irken (“to tire, grow weary”), from Old Norse yrkja (“to work”), from Proto-Germanic *wurkijan? (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer?- (“to work”). Cognate with Icelandic yrkja (“to compose”), Swedish yrka (“to urge, argue”), Old English wyrcan, wyr?ean (“to work”). More at work.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k/
• Rhymes: -??(r)k

Verb

irk (third-person singular simple present irks, present participle irking, simple past and past participle irked)

1. (transitive) to irritate; annoy; bother

   It irks me doing all this work and have someone wreck it.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:annoy

Derived terms

• irksome
• irky

Translations

Anagrams

• IKR, Kri, ikr, kir, rik

Manx

Noun

irk

1. plural of ark

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?sk??m??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?sk??mo?d/
• Rhymes: -??d

Verb

discommode (third-person singular simple present discommodes, present participle discommoding, simple past and past participle discommoded)

1. (transitive) To cause inconvenience to (someone).

Related terms

• discommodious

Synonyms

• incommode
• inconvenience

Antonyms

• accommodate

See also

• commode