PIGGISH
Dictionary entry overview: What does piggish mean? • PIGGISH (adjective)
The adjective PIGGISH has 1 sense:
1. resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
Familiarity information: PIGGISH used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PIGGISH (adjective)
Meaning:
Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
Synonyms:
hoggish; piggish; piggy; swinish; porcine
Context examples:
piggish table manners / the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father / swinish slavering over food
Similar:
gluttonous (given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink)
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