piggish

[pig-ish]

adjective

1. resembling a pig, especially in being slovenly, greedy, or gluttonous.

   piggish table manners.

2. (of food portions) indecently large.

3. stubborn.

piggish

/ ˈpɪɡɪʃ /

adjective

1. like a pig, esp in appetite or manners

2. informal,  obstinate or mean

Other Word Forms

• piggishly adverb
• piggishness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of piggish¹

First recorded in 1810–20; pig ¹ + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

The attempts to discredit Dr. Bernard's story quickly got elevated to Fox News, where piggish host Jesse Watters especially went nuts over it.

Read more on Salon

But we can’t be here for beauty — that would be gauche, not to mention piggish.

Read more on New York Times

“Right now, it would be overwhelmingly piggish. But by the end of August, we should have in place antigen testings... You could test millions of people,” he said.

Read more on Reuters

Sex between the two isn’t just animalistic — one rejected title for McKay’s novel had been “Savage Loving” — but “piggish.”

Read more on Washington Post

You don’t want someone who will be piggish once they get inside.

Read more on Washington Post