hoggish

hog·gish

adj \ˈhȯ-gish, ˈhä-\

Definition of HOGGISH

: grossly selfish, gluttonous, or filthy

— hog·gish·ly adverb

— hog·gish·ness noun

Examples of HOGGISH

1. <was feeling hoggish after the hike and ate the whole bag of cookies>

First Known Use of HOGGISH

15th century

Related to HOGGISH

Synonyms: edacious, esurient, gluttonous, greedy, voracious, piggish, rapacious, ravenous, swinish

Related Words: hearty, wolfish; devouring, gobbling, gorging, gormandizing, gulping; insatiable, unquenchable, unslakable; empty, famished, hungry, peckish [chiefly British], starved, starving; malnourished, underfed, undernourished

Near Antonyms: content, full, glutted, sated, satiated, satisfied, stuffed

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