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What is the adjective for irked?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb irk which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

irky
  1. (informal) aggravating; annoying; irritating
  2. (informal, of a person) aggravated; annoyed; irritated
irksome
  1. Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition
  2. Synonyms:
      3. aggravating, annoying, bothersome, vexatious, vexing, exasperating, galling, irritating, displeasing, grating, infuriating, maddening, rankling, troublesome, infernal, tiresome, troubling, trying, abrasive, inconvenient, pesky, riling, tedious, unwelcome, wearisome, awkward, burdensome, carking, chafing, confounded, difficult, disagreeable, disturbing, frustrating, nettlesome, nettling, peeving, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguy, wearing, cussed, pesty, plaguey, rebarbative, provoking, upsetting, taxing, distressing … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Clearly, this is an irksome fact to someone whose ambitions extend beyond maximizing profit.”
      “Managements may protest in all sincerity that that's all there is, or that this or that new and more irksome work practice is essential.”
      “At least the new films have produced some satisfyingly irksome tagline puns.”
irked
  1. Annoyed.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. annoyed, irritated, vexed, peeved, exasperated, aggravated, bothered, narked, galled, perturbed, scunnered, put out, teed off, angry, piqued, displeased, riled, disgruntled, miffed, cross, resentful, aggrieved, irate, nettled, upset, sore, enraged, cheesed off, incensed, indignant, mad, discontented, ticked off, furious, hacked off, infuriated, provoked, huffy, angered, browned off, offended, fed up, dissatisfied, in a huff, eggy, frustrated, in high dudgeon, not best pleased, wrathful, ruffled … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “So I have been somewhat irked to find myself being bedeviled with calls from so-called endowment ambulance-chasers.”
      “Last fall, irked by the news that Lexus was altering its designs to lure younger buyers, he fired off an angry letter.”
      “He continued pacing to and fro, irked by his predicament, frowning with thought.”
irking
  1. present participle of irk
  2. Synonyms:
      3. getting, annoying, irritating, exasperating, angering, vexing, inflaming, putting out, nettling, needling, provoking, incensing, infuriating, maddening, rubbing up the wrong way, aggravating, peeving, miffing, riling, getting to, hacking off, giving someone the hump, driving mad, driving crazy, driving nuts, making someone see red, winding up, agitating, bothering, bugging, narking, getting across, teeing off, perturbing, ticking off, displeasing, eating, grating, ruffling, burning up, chafing, disturbing, frustrating, enraging, galling, firing up, upsetting, getting in someone's hair, getting on someone's nerves, getting on someone's tits … more
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