Swinish

  • 1Swinish — Swin ish, a. Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot. Swinish gluttony. Milton. {Swin ish*ly}, adv. {Swin ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2swinish — c.1200, from SWINE (Cf. swine) + ISH (Cf. ish) …

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  • 3swinish — [swīn′ish] adj. [ME swinisch] of, like, fit for, or characteristic of swine; beastly, piggish, coarse, etc. swinishly adv. swinishness n …

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  • 4swinish — adjective BrE extremely unpleasant or difficult to deal with: a swinish problem | swinish behaviour …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 5swinish — adjective 1. ill mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance was boorish and insensitive the loutish manners of a bully her stupid oafish husband aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude • Syn: ↑boorish, ↑loutish, ↑ …

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  • 6swinish — swin|ish [ swaınıʃ ] adjective MAINLY JOURNALISM extremely unpleasant or annoying: swinish behavior …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 7swinish — swine ► NOUN 1) (pl. same) formal or N. Amer. a pig. 2) (pl. same or swines) informal a contemptible or disgusting person. DERIVATIVES swinish adjective. ORIGIN Old English, related to SOW(Cf. ↑sower) …

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  • 8swinish — adjective Date: 13th century of, suggesting, or characteristic of swine ; beastly • swinishly adverb • swinishness noun …

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  • 9swinish — swinishly, adv. swinishness, n. /swuy nish/, adj. 1. like or befitting swine; hoggish. 2. brutishly coarse, gross, or sensual. [1150 1200; ME; see SWINE, ISH1] * * * …

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  • 10swinish — adjective Like a pig, resembling a swine …

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