Overview of adj swinish
The adj swinish has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish -- (ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude")
2. hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish -- (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")
Antonyms of adj swinish
2 senses of swinish
Sense 1
boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish
INDIRECT (VIA unrefined) -> refined
Sense 2
hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish
INDIRECT (VIA gluttonous) -> abstemious
Similarity of adj swinish
2 senses of swinish
Sense 1
boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish
=> unrefined (vs. refined)
Sense 2
hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish
=> gluttonous (vs. abstemious)
Attributes of adj swinish
Familiarity of adj swinish
swinish used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Grep of adj swinish
swinish
Overview of adj swinish
The adj swinish has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish -- (ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude")
2. hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish -- (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")
swinish definition
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