What is "peckish" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does peckish mean in English? Meaning of peckish definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "peckish" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "peckish": somewhat hungry

Adjective

  • Meaning: somewhat hungry
  • Synonyms: peckish
  • Similar: hungry
  • Meaning of "peckish": easily irritated or annoyed

    Adjective

  • Meaning: easily irritated or annoyed
  • Example: an incorrigibly fractious young man not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
  • Synonyms: cranky fractious irritable nettlesome peckish peevish pettish petulant scratchy techy testy tetchy
  • Similar: ill-natured
  • Adjective: (colloquial) mildly hungry[1](colloquial) irritable; crotchety(colloquial) Of or pertaining to Peckham, a place in Southwark London.(colloquial) Native to Peckham.
  • Synonyms:

    craving, drawn, dying, emaciated, empty, faint, famished, haggard, hungry, peaked, ravenous, skinny, thin, underfed, weakened, could eat a horse, dehydrated, hungering, malnourished, perishing, pinched, undernourished, emaciated, dying, hungry, peaked, weakened, faint, famished, skinny, empty, thin, starved, drawn, haggard, craving, ravenous, underfed, undernourished, dehydrated, malnourished, pinched, perishing, hungering, dog-hungry, flying light, have munchies, peaky, rattleboned, cantankerous, crabby, cranky, crotchety, fiery, grouchy, hot-tempered, ill-tempered, impatient, irascible, irritable, quick-tempered, snappish, snappy, temperamental, testy, touchy, volatile, hot-blooded, short-fused,

    Antonyms:

    satisfied, fed, full, healthy, satisfied, strong, heavy, full, sated, fat, thick, satiated, easygoing, placid, calm, easy-going,

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