What does hoggish mean?
Definitions for hoggish
ˈhɔ gɪʃ, ˈhɒg ɪʃhog·gish
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Princeton's WordNet
hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinishadjective
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"
Wiktionary
hoggishadjective
Having the characteristics of a pig
hoggishadjective
Having a gluttonous appetite
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Hoggishadjective
Having the qualities of an hog; brutish; greedy; selfish.
Etymology: from hog.
Suspicion Miso had, for the hoggish shrewdness of her brain, and Mopsa, for a very unlikely envy. Philip Sidney.
ChatGPT
hoggish
Hoggish refers to someone or something that exhibits the characteristics of a hog or pig, often symbolizing a tendency to be greedy, selfish, gluttonous, or overly indulgent.
Webster Dictionary
Hoggishadjective
swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hoggish in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hoggish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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