peckish

peck·ish

adj \ˈpe-kish\

Definition of PECKISH

1

chiefly British : hungry

2

: crotchety

Examples of PECKISH

1. If you're feeling peckish, there's some cheese in the fridge.
2. a peckish tone of voice

Origin of PECKISH

²peck

First Known Use: 1785

Related to PECKISH

Synonyms: empty, famished, hungry [chiefly British], starved, starving

Antonyms: full, sated, satiate, satiated, satisfied

Related Words: rapacious, ravenous, voracious, wolfish; malnourished, underfed, undernourished; gluttonous, gormandizing, greedy, hoggish, insatiable, piggish, piggy

Near Antonyms: engorged, glutted, gorged, overfed, overfull, overstuffed, replete, stuffed, surfeited

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