swinenoun [ C ]
uk/swaɪn/us/swaɪn/swine noun [ C ] (PERSON)
plural swine or swines old-fashioned a person who you consider to be extremely unpleasant and unkind:
You filthy swine!
Her ex-husband sounds like an absolute swine.
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Unpleasant people in general
- a dog in the manger idiom
- a nasty piece of work idiom
- a tough/hard nut idiom
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- bad lot
- intruder
- know-all
- know-it-all
- leech
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- roadman
- rotter
- runt
- sadist
- scum
- undesirables
- vermin
- villain
- villain of the piece idiom
- viper
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swine noun [ C ] (ANIMAL)
plural swine old use or specialized biology a pig
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Pigs
- boar
- hog
- pig
- piggy
- piglet
- porker
- sow 1
- warthog
- wild boar