Antonyms for swinish

Grammar : Adj, adv

Spell : swahy-nish

Phonetic Transcription : ˈswaɪ nɪʃ

Definition of swinish

Origin : c.1200, from swine + -ish. Related: Swinishly; swinishness.

As in loutish : adj boorish
As in boorish : adj crude, awkward
As in brutal : adj crude, rough
As in brute : adj very strong; animal-like
As in piggish : adj greedy
As in contemptible : adj despicable, shameful
As in covetous : adj greedy; very desirous
As in greedy : adj desiring excessively
As in gross : adj crude, vulgar
As in beastly : adv savage; vulgar

Example sentences :

The swinish Jews, however, show the impurity of their minds everywhere.
Extract from : « Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II » by Martin Luther

When you see a man who reminds you of a hog, be assured he has swinish habits.
Extract from : « The Funny Side of Physic » by A. D. Crabtre

He's as obstinate as a pig, but that's the only swinish thing about him.
Extract from : « The Helpers » by Francis Lynde

Fill your swinish skins with liquor, and trouble me no more this day.
Extract from : « The Pirate Woman » by Aylward Edward Dingle

We are all now under what Burke called "the hoofs of the swinish multitude."
Extract from : « Man And Superman » by George Bernard Shaw

She could love him, polluted and swinish in the low sinks of womankind.
Extract from : « Villa Elsa » by Stuart Henry

Tribes that have swinish traits were destroyers there and will be destroyers here.
Extract from : « The Iron Puddler » by James J. Davis

To pursue pleasure, say the anti-utilitarians, is a swinish doctrine.
Extract from : « John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works » by Herbert Spencer, Henry Fawcett, Frederic Harrison and Other Distinguished Authors

Thus the forty-seven ronin were pre-eminently "righteous" when they debauched themselves with every swinish vice.
Extract from : « The Gist of Japan » by R. B. Peery

It disgusted the Romans beyond measure to witness the swinish excesses of the Germans.
Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) » by John Addington Symonds

Synonyms for swinish

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