1
: of, relating to, or suggestive of a pig
a piggish snort
2
: having qualities associated with a pig
piggishly
adverb
piggishness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of piggish in a Sentence
a piggish demand for more money
He has a piggish attitude toward women.
Recent Examples on the Web
Also called the hog-nosed bat for its squashed, piggish nose, this bat hails from western Thailand and southeast Myanmar.
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Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2023
Surrounded by a dysfunctional family and a piggish boss (Stellan Skarsgård), Justine is lonely, exasperated, and seething.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2021
Her nemesis, piggish ex-husband and former club owner Rupert (Anthony Head), is out of the picture.
—Lorraine Ali Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2021
His vocal presence keeps you attentive and improbably charmed, even when the leading men of his plays—the writer-actor often portrays them himself—are at their piggish and sociopathic worst.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
In short, the tax break is symbolic of winner-takes-all capitalism at its most piggish, and helps explain the rising number of Americans who hold a positive view of socialism.
—Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 21 Dec. 2020
Her Hollywood début, in 1980, had her sharing the screen with two notorious women, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, and involved a revenge fantasy against a piggish male boss.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
In Moore’s telling, that gaze is inseparable from the piggish entitlement of catcallers and casting-couch creeps.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 19 June 2019
The most famous figure to fall has been Mr. Batali, the celebrity chef who was the subject of several published reports in December alleging behavior that ran the gamut from piggish to coercive.
—Kim Severson, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2018
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Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2023
Surrounded by a dysfunctional family and a piggish boss (Stellan Skarsgård), Justine is lonely, exasperated, and seething.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2021
Her nemesis, piggish ex-husband and former club owner Rupert (Anthony Head), is out of the picture.
—Lorraine Ali Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2021
His vocal presence keeps you attentive and improbably charmed, even when the leading men of his plays—the writer-actor often portrays them himself—are at their piggish and sociopathic worst.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
In short, the tax break is symbolic of winner-takes-all capitalism at its most piggish, and helps explain the rising number of Americans who hold a positive view of socialism.
—Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 21 Dec. 2020
Her Hollywood début, in 1980, had her sharing the screen with two notorious women, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, and involved a revenge fantasy against a piggish male boss.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
In Moore’s telling, that gaze is inseparable from the piggish entitlement of catcallers and casting-couch creeps.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 19 June 2019
The most famous figure to fall has been Mr. Batali, the celebrity chef who was the subject of several published reports in December alleging behavior that ran the gamut from piggish to coercive.
—Kim Severson, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2018
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Word History
First Known Use
1742, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Piggish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piggish. Accessed 9 Dec. 2023.
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piggish
adjective
pig·gish
ˈpig-ish 
: resembling or suggesting a pig (as in greed or dirtiness)
piggishly
adverb
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