carking

adjective

cark·​ing ˈkär-kiŋ 

: burdensome, annoying

Synonyms

• abrasive
• aggravating
• annoying
• bothersome
• chafing
• disturbing
• exasperating
• frustrating
• galling
• irksome
• irritating
• maddening
• nettlesome
• nettling
• peeving
• pesky
• pestiferous
• pestilent
• pestilential
• pesty
• plaguey
• plaguy
• rankling
• rebarbative
• riling
• vexatious
• vexing

Examples of carking in a Sentence

sometimes she's overwhelmed by the carking anxieties of being a single parent

Word History

Etymology

from present participle of cark "to burden with care or anxiety," going back to Middle English carken "to load, burden, trouble, harass," borrowed from Anglo-French carker, karker (Old French —Picard— kierkier, quierquier), by-forms of carger, charger "to load, burden" — more at charge entry 1

First Known Use

circa 1565, in the meaning defined above