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[ pig-ish ] / ˈpɪg ɪʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR piggish ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveresembling a pig, especially in being slovenly, greedy, or gluttonous: piggish table manners. (of food portions) indecently large. stubborn. Origin of piggishFirst recorded in 1810–20; pig1 + -ish1 OTHER WORDS FROM piggishpig·gish·ly, adverbpig·gish·ness, nounWords nearby piggishpig fern, pigfish, piggery, piggin, pigging string, piggish, Piggott, piggy, piggyback, piggyback car, piggyback plant Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for piggishIf he cuts off a woman repeatedly, he comes across as rude or, worse, piggish. Bill O’Reilly’s Macho Moment in On-Air Confrontation With Laura Ingraham|Lauren Ashburn|April 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST Third, legal academia has to get its collective head out of the sand and stop being so piggish (I am mixing my metaphors). The Perils of Law School|Megan McArdle|September 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST Through the glass, however, it appeared of a greenish grey, and decidedly “piggish.” He was selfish and priggish and worse, he was piggish—A regular beast of a brute. The Book of Humorous Verse|Various
Suddenly, to his piggish amazement, another figure—a swiftly flying figure—got between him and his way of escape. The Corner House Girls at School|Grace Brooks Hill But I do wish you'd eat something—it's so piggish of you not to—really it is! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 1, 1893|Various His face was smooth and of a parchment color, his nose abnormally large, and his eyes small and piggish. In the Days of Washington|William Murray Graydon
British Dictionary definitions for piggish
adjectivelike a pig, esp in appetite or manners informal, mainly British obstinate or mean Derived forms of piggishpiggishly, adverbpiggishness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to piggishacquisitive, avaricious, avid, carnivorous, close, close-fisted, covetous, craving, desirous, devouring, eager, edacious, gluttonous, grabby, grasping, hoggish, hungry, impatient, insatiable, intemperate |