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/ˈhæŋɡɹi/ · adjective
(slang) Hungry and angry, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger..
A monster was described as hangry, pronounced by the author as [aŋgri]. When asked whether it was angry or hungry, the author replied "Yes".
I also get really "hangry".
We're not talking about the fast-food giants or smaller chains, such as Wimpy's, both of which turn up frequently in the stripmalls that dot the Trail. No matter how hungry -- or even hangry -- you and your fellow travellers are, eschew these places.
Seriously, somebody needs to give this toddler a bottle and put him down for a nap. That baby pitches a fit when he gets hangry.
Mission Control: "Get them pizza before they get hangry. Hungry and angry!" Astronaut: "We're hangry! Hungry and angry!"
You know this if you've ever been hangry. You go through your day without stopping to eat, and for a while it doesn't matter. Then your stomach starts sending signals to your brain that it's waiting.
Use hangry when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hangry means (slang) Hungry and angry, especially when the anger is induced by the hunger..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A monster was described as hangry, pronounced by the author as [aŋgri]. When asked whether it was angry or hungry, the author replied "Yes".
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