piggish

  • 11piggish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. gluttonous; dirty, slovenly. See gluttony, uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. selfish, dirty, ravenous; see greedy 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Wanting to eat or drink more than… …

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  • 12piggish — pig·gish || pɪgɪʃ adj. resembling a pig, hoggish, resembling a swine; messy, filthy, dirty …

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  • 13piggish — adjective resembling or likened to a pig, especially in being unpleasant. Derivatives piggishly adverb piggishness noun …

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  • 14piggish — a. Swinish, hoggish, greedy …

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  • 15piggish — adj 1. hoggish, porcine, swinish, piglike, hoglike; coarse, boorish, animal, animalistic, beastly. 2. greedy, gluttonous, ravenous, voracious, devouring, edacious, cormorant, rapacious; insatiable, insatiate, unquenchable, open mouthed; glutting …

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  • 16piggish — pig·gish …

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  • 17piggish — pig•gish [[t]ˈpɪg ɪʃ[/t]] adj. 1) cvb greedy; gluttonous 2) stubborn • Etymology: 1810–20 pig′gish•ly, adv. pig′gish•ness, n …

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  • 18piggish — /ˈpɪgɪʃ/ (say pigish) adjective 1. like or befitting a pig; greedy or filthy. 2. mean or stubborn. –piggishly, adverb –piggishness, noun …

  • 19hoggish — adjective resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy piggish table manners the piggy fat cheeked little boy and his porcine pot bellied father swinish slavering over food • Syn: ↑piggish, ↑piggy, ↑porcine, ↑swinish …

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  • 20swinish — adjective 1. ill mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance was boorish and insensitive the loutish manners of a bully her stupid oafish husband aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude • Syn: ↑boorish, ↑loutish, ↑ …

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