peachy

English

Etymology

From peach +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːt͡ʃi/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -iːtʃi

Adjective

peachy (comparative peachier, superlative peachiest)

1. Resembling a peach, peach-like.

   Although this is an apricot pie, it tastes peachy.

2. (colloquial) Very good, excellent, typically used sarcastically to indicate a state of misery, resentment or great frustration.

   Oh, life is just peachy now that winter has come, it’s snowing all the time, and I’m freezing my backside off

Derived terms

• impeachy
• peachily
• peachiness
• peachy keen

Translations

like a peach

• Afrikaans: perskeagtig
• German: pfirsichähnlich, pfirsichartig, pfirsichhaft
• Icelandic: perulega
• Swedish: persikolik, persikoaktig, persikoliknande

very good

• Finnish: mahtavaa (fi), ihanaa (fi)
• German: schick (de), toll (de)
• Hebrew: הַכֹּל דְּבַשׁ (hakól dvash)
• Icelandic: mjög (is), vel (is)
• Italian: grandioso (it)
• Swedish: toppen (sv), finemang (sv), finfin (sv)

Anagrams

• cheapy, pechay