Synonyms for piggish
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : pig-ish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪg ɪʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for piggish Other synonyms for the word piggish
- eager
- edacious
- esurient
- gluttonous
- gobbling
- gormandizing
- grabby
- grasping
- grudging
- gulping
- guzzling
- hoggish
- hungry
- impatient
- insatiable
- insatiate
- intemperate
- itchy
- miserly
- niggardly
- omnivorous
- parsimonious
- pennypinching
- penurious
- prehensile
- rapacious
- ravening
- ravenous
- selfish
- stingy
- swinish
- tight
- tight-fisted
- voracious
Définition of piggish
Origin :- 1792, from pig (n.) + -ish. Until 20c. usually "stubborn, selfish; unclean, coarse;" association with greedy eating is more recent. Related: Piggishly; piggishness.
- adj greedy
- What was the use of all that noise and crowding and piggish hurry?
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- But I do wish you'd eat something—it's so piggish of you not to—really it is!
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 1, 1893 » by Various
- But, in his piggish way, Messer Simone had a kind of knowledge of men.
- Extract from : « The God of Love » by Justin Huntly McCarthy
- He was selfish and priggish and worse, he was piggish—A regular beast of a brute.
- Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various
- Well, I never before believed that Mr. Gander would be so piggish!
- Extract from : « The Gray Goose's Story » by Amy Prentice
- Dot was rather inclined to think that this was piggish on Sandys part.
- Extract from : « The Corner House Girls » by Grace Brooks Hill
- To be piggish as you and I have been all our lives does not seem to be just the thing for immortals to be doing.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Wolf » by Jack London
- And so I. To crawl is piggish; but to not crawl, to be as the clod and rock, is loathsome to contemplate.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Wolf » by Jack London
- The rabbit beside me hopped a few feet and squatted again, and the fat bear sat up and blinked about him with his piggish eyes.
- Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin
- Suddenly, to his piggish amazement, another figure—a swiftly flying figure—got between him and his way of escape.
- Extract from : « The Corner House Girls at School » by Grace Brooks Hill
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