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Ires vs Irks - What's the difference?

ires | irks |

As verbs the difference between ires and irks

is that ires is third-person singular of ire while irks is third-person singular of irk.

ires

English

Verb

(head)
  • (ire)

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    ire

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ire, yre, shortened form of . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Iron.
    • The cruel ire , red as any gleed. — Chaucer.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) ire, from (etyl) , (etyl) aesma'' 'anger', (etyl) ''e?ati 'it drives on').

    Noun

    (-)
  • (literary, poetic) Great anger; wrath; keen resentment.
    • Synonyms
    * fury * rage * wrath
    Related terms
    * irascibility * irascible * irate * ireful

    Verb

    (ir)
  • To anger; to fret; to irritate.

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    irks

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (irk)

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    irk

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to irritate; annoy; bother
    • It irks me to do all this work and have someone destroy it.

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * irksome

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