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swinish

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈswaɪnɪʃ/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Like a pig, resembling a swine; gluttonous, coarse, debased.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: boarish, boarlike

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: piggish, hoggish, swinelike, piglike, hoglike, porcine, boarish, boarlike

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • piggish table manners
  • the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father
  • swinish slavering over food

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • was boorish and insensitive
  • the loutish manners of a bully
  • her stupid oafish husband
  • aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English swinisse, swynys, swynyse; equivalent to swine + -ish.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: свински (svinski) — like a pig, resembling a swine
  • Ancient Greek: χοιρώδης (khoirṓdēs) — like a pig, resembling a swine