adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Like a pig, resembling a swine; gluttonous, coarse, debased.

   "Near-synonyms: boarish, boarlike"

Adjective

1. 1
   resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy wordnet
2. 2
   ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

hoggish;a hog foracquisitiveadamicall-devouring

Example

More examples

"Near-synonyms: boarish, boarlike"

Etymology

From Middle English swinisse, swynys, swynyse; equivalent to swine + -ish.

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