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swinish
adjective
Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
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ˈswaɪnɪʃ
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adjective
Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
“Piggish table manners”
adjective
Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
“Was boorish and insensitive”
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Piggish table manners
The piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father
Swinish slavering over food
Was boorish and insensitive
The loutish manners of a bully
Her stupid oafish husband
Aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude
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