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hoggish

adjective

Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy

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Word length
7
Starts with
H
Ends with
H
Contains
OG
Scrabble score
15
CEFR level
C1

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adjective

  1. Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy

    “Piggish table manners”

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Piggish table manners
The piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father
Swinish slavering over food

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