Tom was feeling peckish, so he rang room service and ordered a hamburger.
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Peckish
//ˈpek.ɪʃ//
Synonyms for "peckish" (24 found)
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Strong matches (7)
Adjective(4 words)
Related words (12)
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1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- гладен adj (mildly hungry)
Catalan
1 entries- afamat adj (mildly hungry)
Czech
1 entries- (trochu) hladový adj (mildly hungry)
Danish
3 entries- brødflov adj (mildly hungry)
- irritabel adj (irritable)
- sulten adj (mildly hungry)
Esperanto
1 entries- malsateta adj (mildly hungry)
German
4 entries- ein wenig hungrig adj (mildly hungry)
- etwas hungrig adj (mildly hungry)
- hungrig adj (mildly hungry)
- launig adj (irritable)
Icelandic
1 entries- svangur adj (mildly hungry)
Maltese
1 entries- b’ftit guh adj (mildly hungry)
Polish
3 entries- głodnawy adj (mildly hungry)
- marudny adj (irritable)
- zrzędliwy adj (irritable)
Portuguese
1 entries- irritadiço adj (irritable)
Russian
2 entries- проголодавшийся adj (mildly hungry)
- раздражи́тельный adj (irritable)
Spanish
2 entries- apetente adj (mildly hungry)
- tener un poco de hambre adj (mildly hungry)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I've got a few hours to kill and I'm starting to feel a bit peckish. Let's get a bite to eat.
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Tom's feeling a little peckish.
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I'm feeling a bit peckish.
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