Synonyms of pigsty

pigsty

noun

ˈpig-ˌstī 

as in dump

a dirty or messy place

the frat house was a pigsty the morning after the bacchanal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dump
• mess
• pigpen
• sty
• hole
• hellhole
• shambles
• chaos
• disarray
• disorder
• disorganization
• hell
• confusion
• clutter
• muss
• disarrangement
• jumble
• havoc
• muddle
• litter
• snake pit
• mishmash
• welter
• mare's nest

Example Sentences

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