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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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