Synonyms for pigsty

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pig-stahy

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪgˌstaɪ

Top 10 synonyms for pigsty

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Définition 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

Antonyms for pigsty

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