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Cark

Cark Meaning & Definition
Cark Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cark?

[v] disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cark: disorder | disquiet | distract | perturb | trouble | unhinge

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cark:

See Also | disturb | upset | vex | worry

Cark In Webster's Dictionary

\Cark\, n. [OE. cark, fr. a dialectic form of F. charge; cf. W. carc anxiety, care, Arm karg charge, burden. See {Charge}, and cf. {Cargo}.] A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry. [Archaic.] His heavy head, devoid of careful cark. --Spenser. Fling cark and care aside. --Motherwell. Freedom from the cares of money and the cark of fashion. --R. D. Blackmore.
\Cark\, v. i. To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubles in mind; to worry or grieve. [R.] --Beau. & Fl.
\Cark\, v. t. To vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry. [R.] Nor can a man, independently . . . of God's blessing, care and cark himself one penny richer. --South.

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