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plural swine
1
: any of various stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous artiodactyl mammals (family Suidae) with a thick bristly skin and a long flexible snout
especially
: a domesticated one descended from the wild boar
2
: a contemptible person
Synonyms
- bastard
- beast
- bleeder [British]
- blighter [chiefly British]
- boor
- bounder
- bugger
- buzzard
- cad
- chuff
- churl
- clown
- creep
- cretin
- crud [slang]
- crumb [slang]
- cur
- dirtbag [slang]
- dog
- fink
- heel
- hound
- jerk
- joker
- louse
- lout
- pill
- rat
- rat fink
- reptile
- rotter
- schmuck [slang]
- scum
- scumbag [slang]
- scuzzball [slang]
- skunk
- sleaze
- sleazebag [slang]
- sleazeball [slang]
- slime
- slimeball [slang]
- slob
- snake
- so-and-so
- sod [chiefly British]
- stinkard
- stinker
- toad
- varmint
- vermin
Examples of swine in a Sentence
you really are a swine—you have no sense of decency at all!
Recent Examples on the Web
The family-run business produces swine and grows crops including corn, soybeans and wheat on 18,000 acres in Henry, Tennessee.
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2024
While Indiana used to have a big feral swine problem, there currently are no known populations in the state at this time.
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Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024
Those swine trials that Macchiarini claimed were completed?
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Vulture, 21 Dec. 2023
Marco’s cynicism about humanity from his wartime exploits and early piloting years is what seems to have caused his swine transformation.
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Maya Phillips, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2023
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“Swine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swine. Accessed 20 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
swine
noun
plural swine
1
: any of a family of stout-bodied short-legged hoofed mammals with a thick bristly skin and a long snout
especially
: a domestic animal developed from the European wild boar and raised for meat
2
: a nasty person
Medical Definition
swine
noun
: any of various stout-bodied short-legged mammals (family Suidae) with a thick bristly skin and a long mobile snout
especially
: a domesticated member of a species (Sus scrofa) that occurs wild in the Old World
More from Merriam-Webster on swine
Nglish: Translation of swine for Spanish Speakers
Britannica English: Translation of swine for Arabic Speakers
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