Antonyms for pigsty
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : pig-stahy |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪgˌstaɪ |
Definition of pigsty
Origin :- 1590s, from pig (n.) + sty. Figurative use for "miserable, dirty hovel" is attested from 1820.
- As in sty : noun den
- As in dump : noun slummy establishment
- As in house : noun human habitat
- As in hovel : noun tiny unkempt house
- The walls of the pigsty which Thankful had had built rose from a lake.
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- I will take your berth, and the fellow shall not turn the room into a pigsty.
- Extract from : « Seek and Find » by Oliver Optic
- What'll be your charge for the plan of the pigsty, Mr. Lindsay?
- Extract from : « The Guardian Angel » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- There were no pigs in it, and it was, for a pigsty, very clean.
- Extract from : « Lalage's Lovers » by George A. Birmingham
- Did she by any chance force her way into the pigsty and find the Anti-Cat?
- Extract from : « Lalage's Lovers » by George A. Birmingham
- I don't think a pigsty is absolutely essential to Lalage's comfort.
- Extract from : « Lalage's Lovers » by George A. Birmingham
- The castle's outbuildings were a shabby cow house and a pigsty.
- Extract from : « Lisbeth Longfrock » by Hans Aanrud
- Her father had turned it into a pigsty; but he had left off keeping pigs for some time.
- Extract from : « Dick and His Cat and Other Tales » by Various
- There was once a fisherman who lived with his wife in a pigsty, close by the seaside.
- Extract from : « Grimms' Fairy Tales » by The Brothers Grimm
- And the stench in the sleeping-room was similar to that in a pigsty.
- Extract from : « Tramping with Tramps » by Josiah Flynt
Synonyms for pigsty
- abode
- apartment
- box
- building
- bullpen
- burrow
- cabin
- castle
- cave
- co-op
- commorancy
- condo
- condominium
- coop
- cottage
- crash pad
- crib
- cubbyhole
- den
- diggings
- digs
- domicile
- dump
- dwelling
- edifice
- flat
- flophouse
- habitation
- hole
- hole in the wall
- home
- home plate
- homestead
- hovel
- hut
- hutch
- joint
- kennel
- layout
- lean-to
- mansion
- mess
- pad
- pen
- pied-Ã -terre
- pigpen
- pigsty
- rack
- rathole
- rattrap
- residence
- residency
- roof
- roost
- setup
- shack
- shanty
- shed
- slum
- stall
- sty
- turf
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