What does swinish mean?
Definitions for swinish
ˈswaɪ nɪʃswin·ish
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Princeton's WordNet
boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinishadjective
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"
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
swinishadjective
Like a pig, resembling a swine; gluttonous, coarse, debased.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Swinishadjective
Befitting swine; resembling swine; gross; brutal.
Etymology: from swine.
They clepe us drunkards, and with swinish phrase
Soil our addition. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.Swinish gluttony
Ne’er looks to heav’n amidst his gorgeous feast;
But, with besotted base ingratitude,
Crams and blasphemes his feeder. John Milton.
ChatGPT
swinish
Swinish refers to a characteristic, behavior, or quality that resembles or is suggestive of a pig, typically implying gluttony, dirtiness, greediness, or coarseness. It's often used as a disparaging term to indicate an individual's uncouth or repulsive behavior.
Webster Dictionary
Swinishadjective
of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Swinish
swī′nish, adj. like or befitting swine: gross: brutal.—adv. Swin′ishly.—n. Swin′ishness.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of swinish in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of swinish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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