peckish
English Thesaurus
1. easily irritated or annoyed (adj.all)
| similar | : | ill-natured, |
| definition | : | having an irritable and unpleasant disposition (adj.all) |
2. somewhat hungry (adj.all)
| similar | : | hungry, |
| definition | : | feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food (adj.all) |
| domain region | : | britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
3. easily irritated or annoyed (adj.all)
| derivation | : | contrariness, crankiness, crotchetiness, grumpiness, |
| definition | : | a fussy and eccentric disposition (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness, temper, |
| definition | : | a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | fractiousness, unruliness, wilfulness, willfulness, |
| definition | : | the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance, |
| definition | : | an irritable petulant feeling (noun.feeling) |
| derivation | : | testiness, tetchiness, touchiness, |
| definition | : | feeling easily irritated (noun.feeling) |
| derivation | : | churl, crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump, |
| definition | : | a bad-tempered person (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | contrariness, crankiness, crotchetiness, grumpiness, |
| definition | : | a fussy and eccentric disposition (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness, temper, |
| definition | : | a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | fractiousness, unruliness, wilfulness, willfulness, |
| definition | : | the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance, |
| definition | : | an irritable petulant feeling (noun.feeling) |
| derivation | : | testiness, tetchiness, touchiness, |
| definition | : | feeling easily irritated (noun.feeling) |
| derivation | : | churl, crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump, |
| definition | : | a bad-tempered person (noun.person) |
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