pigsty

noun

ˈpig-ˌstī How to pronounce pigsty (audio)
Definition of pigstynext
as in dump
a dirty or messy place the frat house was a pigsty the morning after the bacchanal

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Recent Examples of pigsty De Wet claims Olivier then ordered him to dispose of their bodies in a pigsty — an act prosecutors believe was meant to destroy evidence. — Christina Coulter, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025 Regard your property as an investment in a pigsty, and visitors will treat it thus. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025 And the ungrateful pig got a solid slap from the pigsty owners. — Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025 The millions of gallons of waste that the pigs generated each year stank horribly and polluted the air and water, turning an otherwise pleasant town into a pigsty. — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025 Using a nearly monochromatic mix of black ink and photographic stills, Kantor imagines the moment when Haim escaped a group of Nazis by hiding in a pigsty. — Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024 The authorities raided his hospital, killed one of his co-workers, and threw the battered body of another into a pigsty for the hogs to devour. — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024 Authorities imprisoned many imams and converted many mosques into barns, warehouses, and even pigsties. — Haiyun Ma, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigsty
  1. dump
  2. mess
  3. pigpen
  4. sty
  5. hole
  6. hellhole
Noun
  • Don’t prepare your end-of-summer photo dumps just yet, because there’s technically still a few more weeks before the kids are back in school and there’s a crispness in the air.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The latest document dump is part of an ongoing government effort to make UFO records public.
    — Terry Moseley, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of dump
Noun
  • The lineup has expanded beyond its viral multi-balm, too, with lightweight SPF sticks and even a mess-minimizing grinding cleansing balm.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 15 Aug. 2026
  • This major price cut gives pet owners, apartment renters, and busy families an easy way to clean up the mess in a single pass without retail price strain.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of mess
Noun
  • Rainn Wilson, the actor who portrayed him, has a pigpen.
    — Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Police came back the next day and found the boy's remains in the family's pigpen.
    — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
Definition of pigpen
Noun
  • The result leaves nearly every performer fumbling for traction in Serkis and Stoller’s muddy-yet-gutless cinematic sty.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026
  • In 1981, he was elected mayor, if not quite the Zohran Mamdani of the Reagan revolution (Mamdani won by two hundred thousand votes, not ten), then at least a sty in the Gipper’s eye.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Definition of sty
Noun
  • Place them behind the refrigerator and stove, under kitchen and bathroom sinks near pipe entry holes, and in the back corners of pantry shelves.
    — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 16 Aug. 2026
  • While the district took a series of cost-cutting steps — including freezing spending on supplies, hiring and most new contracts, as well as laying off employees — successive budget updates showed the financial hole continuing to deepen.
    — Chaewon Chung August 16, Sacbee.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of hole
Noun
  • Newsom defended California against Republican attacks — and common mindsets throughout much of America — that the Golden State is a socialist hellhole of high taxes, unaffordable living and rampant crime.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Max believes that the exit out of this hellhole will be in the memory of the moment Henry trapped your mind.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2025
Definition of hellhole

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