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swinish

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swinish  \Swin"ish\,  a. 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  swine;  befitting  swine;  like  swine; 
  hoggish;  gross;  beasty;  as  a  swinish  drunkard  or  sot. 
  ``Swinish  gluttony.''  --Milton.  --  {Swin"ish*ly},  adv  -- 
  {Swin"ish*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  swinish 
  adj  1:  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"  [syn:  {boorish},  {loutish},  {neanderthal}, 
  {oafish}] 
  2:  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:  {hoggish},  {piggish},  {piggy},  {porcine}]




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