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Meaning of 'swinish' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Swinish [ a.]
- Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot.

Meaning of 'swinish' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . swinish [ s]
Meaning (1):
- ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
Example in sentence:
  • aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude;
  • her stupid oafish husband;
  • the loutish manners of a bully;
  • was boorish and insensitive
Meaning (2):
- resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
Example in sentence:
  • piggish table manners;
  • swinish slavering over food;
  • the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father

Nearby Words:

swich swietenia swift swifter swiftfoot swiftlet swiftly swiftness swig swill

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