noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.

   "The lower pasture also contains a pigsty."

2. 2
   a pen for swine wordnet
3. 3
   A dirty or very untidy place. colloquial

   "This room is a pigsty. When are you going to clean it?"

Synonyms

All synonyms

pigpenstyaugean stablesdumpenclosurehogpen

Example

More examples

"It looks like a pigsty in here."

Etymology

From pig + sty.

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