# irksome

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɜɹksəm/ · frequency rank #64,449

## Definitions
1. Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition

## Etymology
From Middle English irkesome, irksum, equivalent to irk + -some, or perhaps continuing (in altered form) from Old English weorcsum (“painful, hurtful”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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