Hangry: When Hunger Makes You Cross

What Does Hangry Mean?

Hangry means angry or irritable because you are hungry. It is a blend of hungry and angry, and it is informal.

🔊 Pronunciation

HANG-gree

The stress is on the first part. It rhymes with angry, not hungry.

🗣️ Natural Examples

Don't ask Sam about the schedule before lunch. He's hangry.
I missed breakfast, and by eleven I was completely hangry.
Please eat something before the meeting, or you'll be hangry all afternoon.

🛠️ How to Use It

Hangry is an adjective, so it usually comes after be, get or feel: I get hangry, she is hangry, we felt hangry. You will hear it in casual speech, text messages and jokes. It is not usually used in formal writing.

🤝 Common Word Partners

• feel hangry
• get hangry
• hangry before lunch / after a long day

👯 Similar and Related Words

• hungry: just wanting food, without the anger.
• grumpy: in a bad mood for any reason, not only hunger.

💡 The OddLingo Trick

Think of a blend: two words stuck together to make one. Hangry is hungry + angry. Other blends you may know include smog (smoke + fog) and brunch (breakfast + lunch). Once you spot the parts, the new word is easy to guess.