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SWINISH
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
Example:
swinish slavering over food
Synonyms:
hoggish; piggish; piggy; porcine; swinish
Classified under:
Similar:
gluttonous (given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
Example:
aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude
Synonyms:
boorish; loutish; neandertal; neanderthal; oafish; swinish
Classified under:
Similar:
unrefined ((used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth)
