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Hoggish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Coarsely self-indulgent or gluttonous.

adj. Filthy.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Having the characteristics of a pig

adj. Having a gluttonous appetite

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Having the characteristics of a hog; swinish; greedy; gluttonous; filthy; mean; selfish.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy

Word Usage

"Consider if the pig is a stand-in for someone who is greedy or "hoggish" -- and always consider if those negative traits might actually be shadow sides of your own psyche."

Equivalent

gluttonous

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

swinish gluttonous filthy selfish

Same Context

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