peckish

Other forms of peckish

comparative

peckisher·

superlative

peckishest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about peckish

What does peckish mean?

peckish means "somewhat hungry". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in peckish?

peckish has 2 syllables: pec-kish. The stress falls on "pec".

What is another word for peckish?

Close synonyms include cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is peckish a common word?

peckish is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.