Home › Words › F › forirkforirkforirk means to irk; weary.EtymologyFrom Middle English *forirken, forhirken, equivalent to for- + irk.verbTo irk; weary.To become weary.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.forweary 64% match — To weary utterly; tire out. vs forirk →firk 63% match — To carry away or about; carry; move. vs forirk →irksomely 63% match — In an irksome manner; tediously. vs forirk →unirked 61% match — Not irked; not annoyed. vs forirk →girk 61% match — To jerk, yerk. vs forirk →fortravel 59% match — To exhaust with labour; forwork; forswink. vs forirk →irksome 59% match — Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition vs forirk →lirk 58% match — To jerk. vs forirk →