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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") 
 
  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") 



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