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 Definitions of swinish  [ˈswaɪ nɪʃ]  

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Definition of 'swinish' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) swinish
like or befitting swine; hoggish.

Etymology:  (1150–1200)

Definition of 'swinish' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish
ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
"was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"

2. (adj) hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish
resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
"piggish table manners"; "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"; "swinish slavering over food"


Definition of 'swinish' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) swinish
of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot



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