PECKISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peckish mean? 

• PECKISH (adjective)
  The adjective PECKISH has 2 senses:

1. somewhat hungry

2. easily irritated or annoyed

  Familiarity information: PECKISH used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PECKISH (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Somewhat hungry

Similar:

hungry (feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Easily irritated or annoyed

Synonyms:

cranky; fractious; irritable; nettlesome; peckish; peevish; pettish; petulant; scratchy; techy; testy; tetchy

Context example:

not the least nettlesome of his countrymen

Similar:

ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)