Meanings
adjectivepeckish (comparative more peckish, superlative most peckish)
comparative more peckish · superlative most peckish
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivesomewhat hungry
Similar
adjectiveeasily irritated or annoyed
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Origin
From peck (verb) + -ish. From late 18th century.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian гладен
- гладен (gladen)mildly hungry
Catalan afamat
- afamatmildly hungry
Czech (trochu) hladový
- (trochu) hladovýmildly hungry
Danish brødflov, sulten
- brødflovmildly hungry
- sultenmildly hungry
- irritabelirritable
Esperanto malsateta
- malsatetamildly hungry
German hungrig, leicht hungrig
- hungrigmildly hungry
- leicht hungrigmildly hungry
- etwas hungrigmildly hungry
- ein wenig hungrigmildly hungry
- reizbarirritable
- nervösirritable
- launigirritable
- nörglerischirritable
Icelandic svangur
- svangurmildly hungry
Polish głodnawy, zrzędliwy
- głodnawymildly hungry
- zrzędliwyirritable
- marudnyirritable
Portuguese irritadiço
- irritadiçoirritable
Russian проголодавшийся, раздражи́тельный
- проголодавшийся (progolodavšijsja)mildly hungry
- раздражи́тельный (razdražítelʹnyj)irritable
Spanish apetente, tener un poco de hambre
- apetentemildly hungry
- tener un poco de hambremildly hungry
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Cite this entry
APA
peckish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peckish
MLA
“peckish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peckish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peckish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peckish.
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