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# hangry

«hangry» in Mova's school dictionary: **hungry** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (hangry, hangrier, hangriest; blend of hungry + angry; informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, humorous) bad-tempered or irritable because you are hungry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hangry/#m1)

2) (euphemism) a light-hearted excuse for being grumpy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hangry/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A modern blend word used jokingly in families, on social media and in adverts for snacks; informal, all regions. It blames hunger rather than the person for a bad mood.

### examples

- Feed me now, I'm getting hangry! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hangry/#x1)
- My little brother gets hangry before lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hangry/#x2)
- Sorry I snapped, I was just hangry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hangry/#x3)
- The snack advert says, "Don't get hangry, grab a bar." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hangry/#x4)
- Dad's always hangry if dinner is late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hangry/#x5)
- The hangry toddler threw her spoon on the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hangry/#x6)
- Scientists say low blood sugar can make people hangry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hangry/#x7)
- Being hangry doesn't make it OK to be rude. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hangry/#x8)

### note

«Hangry» is hungry + angry joined (a blend), like brunch = breakfast + lunch. Trap: informal, not for formal writing. Plain words: grumpy because hungry.

### In the corpora

- ["Hangry" means cross because of hunger (jokey).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hangry» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hangry/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.