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- Dictionaryswinish/ˈswʌɪnɪʃ/
adjective
- 1. unpleasant or contemptible, especially on account of being coarse, greedy, or lazy: "a swinish man from her family's old-money circle"
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: of, suggesting, or characteristic of swine : beastly. swinishly adverb. swinishness noun. Synonyms. edacious. esurient. gluttonous. greedy. hoggish. piggish. rapacious. ravenous. voracious. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of swinish in a Sentence. the more swinish diners attacked the all-you-can-eat buffet with gusto.
adjective. old-fashioned uk / ˈswaɪ.nɪʃ / us / ˈswaɪ.nɪʃ / Add to word list. like a pig: swinish behaviour. Synonyms. hoggish. oafish old-fashioned. piggy informal disapproving. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unkind, cruel & unfeeling. acerbically. acerbity. acidly. anti-cruelty. cold-heartedly. cruelly. cruelty to someone/something.
Swinish definition: like or befitting swine; hoggish.. See examples of SWINISH used in a sentence.
meanness. mental cruelty. mercilessly. trenchantly. uncharitable. uncharitably. unchristian. See more results » (Definition of swinish from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of swinish. swinish. I caught only my reflection in the little swinish eyes. From Project Gutenberg.
given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink. adjective. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance. “aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude” synonyms: boorish, loutish, neandertal, neanderthal, oafish. unrefined. (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth. Cite this entry. Style: MLA.
SWINISH definition: of, like, fit for, or characteristic of swine ; beastly, piggish, coarse , etc. | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.
Define swinish. swinish synonyms, swinish pronunciation, swinish translation, English dictionary definition of swinish. adj. 1. Resembling or befitting swine. 2. Bestial or brutish. swin′ish·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition....
