swinish

Other forms: swinishly

Definitions of swinish
  1. adjective
    resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
    “swinish slavering over food”
    synonyms: hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine
    gluttonous
    given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink
  2. 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
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