hoggish

[ haw-gish, hog-ish ]
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adjective
  1. like or befitting a hog.

  2. selfish; gluttonous; filthy.

Origin of hoggish

1
1425–75; late Middle English. See hog, -ish1

Other 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!

  • Here 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 Wright
  • But 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-Lytton
  • I 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

hoggish

/ (ˈhɒɡɪʃ) /


adjective
  1. selfish, gluttonous, or dirty

Derived forms of hoggish

  • hoggishly, adverb
  • hoggishness, noun

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