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[ swahy-nish ] / ˈswaɪ nɪʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR swinish ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivelike or befitting swine; hoggish. brutishly coarse, gross, or sensual. Origin of swinishMiddle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at swine, -ish1 OTHER WORDS FROM swinishswin·ish·ly, adverbswin·ish·ness, nounWords nearby swinishswing space, swing state, swingtree, swing-wing, swingy, swinish, swink, Swinnerton, swinney, swipe, swipe card Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for swinishIt disgusted the Romans beyond measure to witness the swinish excesses of the Germans. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7)|John Addington Symonds To have sung hymns with the swinish brutal guards lounging around would have conveyed an erroneous impression. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons|Henry Charles Mahoney They also grunt among themselves, without any external cause; but merely to express their swinish sympathy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866|Various Swinish they were, ugly and loathsome, feeding fearfully on the bodies of unburied men. Tales of Troy and Greece|Andrew Lang
Words related to swinishrude, tasteless, vulgar, churlish, impolite, ugly, barbaric, uncivilized, coarse, savage, inhuman, inhumane, worthless, vile, disgusting, odious, abhorrent, hateful, abominable, rapacious |