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swinish

[ swahy-nish ]

adjective

  1. like or befitting swine; hoggish.
  2. brutishly coarse, gross, or sensual.


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Other Words From

  • swinish·ly adverb
  • swinish·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of swinish1

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; swine, -ish 1
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Example Sentences

But the three men were far too deeply sunk in their swinish sleep for any voice to wake them.

Porcine, por′sīn, adj. pertaining to or resembling swine: swinish.

When you see a man who reminds you of a hog, be assured he has swinish habits.

His furious little swinish eyes blinking through the blood which dripped over them, he hurled himself straight onward.

They also grunt among themselves, without any external cause; but merely to express their swinish sympathy.

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