piggish

  • 1Piggish — Pig gish, a. Relating to, or like, a pig; greedy. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2piggish — index insatiable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3piggish — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ resembling a pig, especially in being unpleasant …

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  • 4piggish — [pig′ish] adj. like a pig; gluttonous or filthy piggishly adv. piggishness n …

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  • 5piggish — adjective someone who is piggish eats too much or is dirty, or is unpleasant: piggish behaviour piggishly adverb piggishness noun (U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6piggish — adjective Date: 1820 1. of, relating to, or suggestive of a pig < a piggish snort > 2. having qualities associated with a pig • piggishly adverb • piggishness noun …

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  • 7piggish — piggishly, adv. piggishness, n. /pig ish/, adj. 1. resembling a pig, esp. in being slovenly, greedy, or gluttonous: piggish table manners. 2. (of food portions) indecently large. 3. stubborn. [1810 20; PIG1 + ISH1] * * * …

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  • 8piggish — 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: ↑hoggish, ↑piggy, ↑porcine, ↑swinish …

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  • 9piggish — adjective a) greedy or gluttonous b) pigheaded …

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  • 10piggish — Synonyms and related words: Apician, a hog for, acquisitive, all devouring, asinine, avaricious, avid, beastly, bolting, bottomless, bovid, bovine, caprid, caprine, coveting, covetous, cowish, cowlike, cramming, crapulent, crapulous, deerlike,&#8230; …

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