hoggish
like or befitting a hog.
selfish; gluttonous; filthy.
Origin of hoggish
1Other words from hoggish
- hog·gish·ly, adverb
- hog·gish·ness, noun
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How to use hoggish in a sentence
There may be some selfish brutes left with a good deal of hoggishness in their nature!
The Common Sense of Socialism | John SpargoHere is where the most moral town in Christendom dis177covers her native hoggishness.
Europe After 8:15 | H. L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan and Willard Huntington WrightBut his boy ought not to suffer for his father's hoggishness; and I shall begin at once to see what I can lay by for him.
Kenelm Chillingly, Complete | Edward Bulwer-LyttonI was horrified at the ill-manners of the hog, though it all seemed of a piece with his habitual hoggishness.
The God of Love | Justin Huntly McCarthy"Hoggishness," according to Pascal's phraseology, was the most predominant trait in the character of his new masters.
The Underground Railroad | William Still
British Dictionary definitions for hoggish
/ (ˈhɒɡɪʃ) /
selfish, gluttonous, or dirty
Derived forms of hoggish
- hoggishly, adverb
- hoggishness, noun
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