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adjective pig·gish \ ˈpi-gish \

Definition of piggish

1 :of, relating to, or suggestive of a pig

a piggish snort

2 :having qualities associated with a pig

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piggishly

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piggishness

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Examples of piggish in a Sentence

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

First Known Use of piggish

1742

piggish Synonyms

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

PIGGISH Defined for English Language Learners

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adjective

Definition of piggish for English Language Learners

: greedy, offensive, or unpleasant

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