piggish

pig·gish

adj \ˈpi-gish\

Definition of PIGGISH

1

: of, relating to, or suggestive of a pig <a piggish snort>

2

: having qualities associated with a pig

— pig·gish·ly adverb

— pig·gish·ness noun

Examples of PIGGISH

1. a piggish demand for more money
2. He has a piggish attitude toward women.

First Known Use of PIGGISH

1820

Related to PIGGISH

Synonyms: edacious, esurient, gluttonous, greedy, hoggish, voracious, 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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Rhymes with PIGGISH

biggish, priggish, Whiggish