Near-synonyms: boarish, boarlike
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Swinish
/ˈswaɪnɪʃ/
Synonyms for "swinish" (147 found)
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hyperphagicimmoderateincontinentindulgentinordinateinsatiableinsatiateintemperatelapsedlimitlessmaterialmaterialisticmercenarymiserlymoney hungrymoney madmoney-hungrymoney-madmulishnonspiritual
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Adjective(9 words)
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3 entriesmoral failingmoral qualitynegative attribute
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4 entriesCollocations
6 entriesswinish appetiteswinish behaviorswinish crueltyswinish mannersswinish neglectswinish remarks
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2 entriesSample sentences
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[…]They clip vs drunkards, and with Swiniſh phraſe / Soyle our addition, and indeede it takes / From our atchieuements, though perform’d at height / The pith and marrow of our attribute[…]
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Epicurus, though his ethic seemed to others swinish and lacking in moral exultation, was very much in earnest.
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