Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: disorder, disquiet, distract, perturb, trouble, unhinge

See Also: disturb, upset, vex, worry

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