swinish

[ swahy-nish ]

/ ˈswaɪ nɪʃ /

like or befitting swine; hoggish.

brutishly coarse, gross, or sensual.

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Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at swine, -ish¹

swin·ish·ly, adverbswin·ish·ness, noun

It disgusted the Romans beyond measure to witness the swinish excesses of the Germans.
Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7)|John Addington Symonds
To have sung hymns with the swinish brutal guards lounging around would have conveyed an erroneous impression.
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons|Henry Charles Mahoney
They also grunt among themselves, without any external cause; but merely to express their swinish sympathy.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866|Various
Swinish they were, ugly and loathsome, feeding fearfully on the bodies of unburied men.
Tales of Troy and Greece|Andrew Lang

A broken complexion, a swinish look, ungenerous acts and the want of due knowledge,—all blab.
Essays, First Series|Ralph Waldo Emerson