hangry

adjective

han·​gry ˈhaŋ-grē 

hangrier; hangriest

informal : irritable or angry because of hunger

To his credit, he knows not to drive while hangry.

—Genevieve Scarano

… junk foods generally induce large rises in blood-glucose levels that come crashing down fast. Ultimately, they may leave you feeling hangrier.

—Amanda Salis

As it turns out, being hangry–so hungry that you become angry–could be ruining your relationship and causing you to fight with your significant other.

—Krystal Vivian

Examples of hangry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At one point, tempers flared in the drive-thru lane as a driver in a pickup truck gave up and somehow managed to pull off a U-turn, precipitating a hangry window-down exchange of epithets with the car behind him. —Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025

If not, bring something everyone likes before the hangry vibes strike. —Annabelle Canela, Parents, 14 Aug. 2025

Maybe that involves resisting the urge to power walk past slowpokes on the sidewalk or taking a few deep breaths before firing off hangry messages to your late delivery driver. —Jenna Ryu, SELF, 17 June 2025

Eventually, the camera revealed Bell crouched beside Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester, joking that a hangry Meester wrote the dialogue. —Lindsay Kimble, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025

Sure, the restaurant is great to bring Grandma and the hangry kids who just stood in a three-hour line to see Santa. —Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 24 Nov. 2024

Those boys were really hungry and a little bit hangry, some of them were shredding over Christmas. —Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019

Word History

Etymology

blend of hungry and angry

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hangry

• angry