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  • 111hungry — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. starved, famished, craving, ravenous, deSirous, hankering, unsatisfied, unfilled, starving, edacious, insatiate, voracious, of keen appetite, famishing, half starved, hungered, ravening, omnivorous, carnivorous,… …

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  • 112porcine — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. hoggish, rapacious, piggish; see greedy 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having too much flesh: corpulent, fat, fatty, fleshy, gross, obese, overblown, overweight, portly, stout, weighty. See FAT …

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  • 113edacious — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume: gluttonous, greedy, hoggish, piggish, ravenous, voracious. See DESIRE, INGESTION. 2. Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit: avid …

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  • 114piggier — pig·gy || pɪgɪ n. young swine, piglet adj. voracious, gluttonous; like a swine, hoggish …

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  • 115piggies — pig·gy || pɪgɪ n. young swine, piglet adj. voracious, gluttonous; like a swine, hoggish …

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  • 116piggiest — pig·gy || pɪgɪ n. young swine, piglet adj. voracious, gluttonous; like a swine, hoggish …

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  • 117piggish — pig·gish || pɪgɪʃ adj. resembling a pig, hoggish, resembling a swine; messy, filthy, dirty …

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  • 118piggy — pig·gy || pɪgɪ n. young swine, piglet adj. voracious, gluttonous; like a swine, hoggish …

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  • 119hog — noun 1》 a pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter. 2》 informal a greedy person. 3》 informal a large motorcycle. 4》 (also hogg) dialect a young sheep before the first shearing. verb (hogs, hogging, hogged) 1》 informal take or hoard… …

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  • 120piggish — a. Swinish, hoggish, greedy …

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