Synonyms for piggish


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pig-ish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪg ɪʃ

Top 10 synonyms for piggish Other synonyms for the word piggish

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
Example sentences :
  • 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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