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单词 swinish
释义

swinish

adjective

swin·​ish ˈswī-nish How to pronounce swinish (audio)
: of, suggesting, or characteristic of swine : beastly
swinishly adverb
swinishness noun

Synonyms

  • edacious
  • esurient
  • gluttonous
  • greedy
  • hoggish
  • piggish
  • rapacious
  • ravenous
  • voracious
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Example Sentences

the more swinish diners attacked the all-you-can-eat buffet with gusto
Recent Examples on the Web Another, Cora, is saddled with a swinish husband who tries to gaslight her whenever his chronic infidelity is exposed. Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 27 May 2022

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

swinish

adjective

1
as in greedy
having a huge appetite the more swinish diners attacked the all-you-can-eat buffet with gusto

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • greedy
  • piggish
  • gluttonous
  • ravenous
  • rapacious
  • hoggish
  • starving
  • starved
  • hungry
  • edacious
  • voracious
  • wolfish
  • esurient
  • devouring
  • gobbling
  • gormandizing
  • gorging
  • insatiable
  • gulping
  • underfed
  • hearty
  • unquenchable
  • undernourished
  • famished
  • malnourished
  • unslakable
  • peckish
  • empty

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • stuffed
  • content
  • satisfied
  • full
  • glutted
  • satiated
  • sated
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2
as in brute
having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal we were appalled by the rude and swinish behavior some people thought it was all right to display in public

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • brute
  • brutal
  • feral
  • brutish
  • animal
  • crass
  • subhuman
  • savage
  • bestial
  • animalistic
  • beastly
  • ferine
  • vicious
  • cruel
  • coarse
  • sensual
  • carnal
  • physical
  • vulgar
  • bodily
  • uncouth
  • corporeal
  • barbarous
  • sadistic
  • rude
  • corporal
  • wanton
  • heartless
  • barbaric
  • fleshly
  • gross
  • uncultured
  • inhumane
  • uncultivated
  • crude
  • ill-bred
  • unrefined
  • lowbred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sublime
  • noble
  • lordly
  • gallant
  • magnanimous
  • high
  • elevated
  • lofty
  • chivalrous
  • great
  • spiritual
  • angelic
  • angelical
  • kind
  • benevolent
  • high-minded
  • softhearted
  • beneficent
  • compassionate
  • benignant
  • kindly
  • kindhearted
  • cultured
  • cultivated
  • genteel
  • refined
  • tenderhearted
  • greathearted
  • polished
  • good-hearted
  • well-bred
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