hoggish (s)
piggish (s)
piggy (s)
porcine (s)
swinish (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def resembling swine
def coarsely gluttonous or greedy
examples piggish table manners
the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father
swinish slavering over food
Outgoing links
Similar to gluttonous
Derivationally related form piggy → piggy; piggy → pig
Derivationally related form piggish → piggishness
Derivationally related form hoggish → hoggishness
Incoming links
Similar to gluttonous
Derived from adjective piggishly → piggish
Derivationally related form piggy → piggy; pig → piggy
Derivationally related form piggishness → piggish
Derivationally related form hoggishness → hoggish

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