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hoggish
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Word definitions for hoggish in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Having the characteristics of a pig 2 Having a gluttonous appetite
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hoggish \Hog"gish\, a. Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish. -- Hog"gish*ly , adv. -- Hog"gish*ness , n. Is not a hoggish life the height of some men's wishes? --Shaftesbury.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"gluttonous," late 15c., from hog (n.) + -ish . Related: Hoggishly ; hoggishness .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy; "piggish table manners"; "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"; "swinish slavering over food" [syn: piggish , piggy , porcine , swinish ]
Usage examples of hoggish.
I returned to the State treasury the colossal service of silver dishes, melted down by my order, which had been wrought for the hoggish appetite of Vitellius.
His hoggish appearance suggested self-indulgence at the expense of all else, yet he did not rejoice because his gluttonous world had been saved.
He eased himself away from the hoggish bulk of his wife, wondering if it was the newborn twin baby boys in the apartment immediately above who disturbed his sleep.
Gentler, like the waves on a beach after the eye of the storm had passed on, but still strong enough to fuel his instinctive dislike of the hoggish woman.
A single, bulging eye on top of its head and a hoggish snout gave it a fierce appearance.
It was the odor of hogs going up to the Ohio heavens--of hogs in a state of transit from hoggish nature to clothes-brushes, saddles, sausages, and lard.
Du Pont nor the neighbouring diners seemed surprised at the hoggish display.
The Master sent in another with a hoggish grunt which spoke of the energy behind it.