hoggish

  • 11hoggish — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Squalid] Syn. smelly, foul, unclean; see dirty 1 , squalid . 2. [Greedy] Syn. grasping, rapacious, gluttonous; see greedy 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably… …

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  • 12hoggish — hog·gish || hÉ‘gɪʃ / hÉ’g adj. piggish, crude, selfish …

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  • 13hoggish — a. 1. Swinish, brutish, filthy. 2. Greedy, grasping, selfish, mean, sordid …

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  • 14hoggish — adj 1. porcine, piggish, swinish. 2. selfish, egotistic, self seeking, self pleasing, self serving; self indulgent, self devoted, self centered; possessive, greedy, acquisitive, avaricious, covetous. 3. gluttonous, ravenous, voracious, edacious,… …

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  • 15hoggish — hog·gish …

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  • 16hoggish — hog•gish [[t]ˈhɔ gɪʃ, ˈhɒg ɪʃ[/t]] adj. 1) selfish or gluttonous 2) filthy • Etymology: 1425–75 hog′gish•ly, adv. hog′gish•ness, n …

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  • 17hoggish — /ˈhɒgɪʃ/ (say hogish) adjective 1. like or befitting a hog. 2. selfish; gluttonous; filthy. {hog + g + ish1} –hoggishly, adverb –hoggishness, noun …

  • 18hoggish — 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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  • 19road-hoggish — roadˈ hoggish adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑road …

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  • 20Hoggishly — Hoggish Hog gish, a. Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish. {Hog gish*ly}, adv. {Hog gish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] Is not a hoggish life the height of some men s wishes? Shaftesbury. [1913 Webster] …

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