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swinish

[ swahy-nish ]

/ ˈswaɪ nɪʃ /

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adjective

like or befitting swine; hoggish.

brutishly coarse, gross, or sensual.

Origin of swinish

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

OTHER WORDS FROM swinish

swin·ish·ly, adverb swin·ish·ness, noun

Words nearby swinish

swingman, swingometer, swingover, swingtree, swingy, swinish, swink, swinnerton, swinney, swipe, swipe card

Example sentences from the Web for swinish

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