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swinish::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | boorish, loutish, neandertal, neanderthal, oafish |
aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude.
Examples of swinish
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Monaghan is hugely likable, and Dempsey makes the swinish Tom seem almost human.
From the washingtonpost.com
Are they worthy of Harry's sacrifice, or are they all as swinish as the Dursleys?
From the stltoday.com
His wife, Arlette, keeps feuding over sweetbreads with her swinish butcher.
From the time.com
Trudy remains outside, where she survives by trading favors with a swinish Japanese officer.
From the dallasnews.com
Some plants can be swinish to propagate which is why some nurserymen don't bother with them.
From the edp24.co.uk
Metzger says three non-Jewish chefs confirm its swinish flavor.
From the courier-journal.com
In 2009, many countries banned pork imports in the mistaken belief that a human flu with some swinish genes could be spread by bacon.
From the heraldtribune.com
Later, the camera encounters a nightmare revel of swinish soldiers among whom the girls are herded like cattle before being returned to their stalls.
From the time.com
She is a bit of a sad-sack who has to get a job after her swinish husband runs off leaving her with two kids, his debts and a mortgagee sale.
From the nzherald.co.nz
- Boorish: 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: 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"
- Like a pig, resembling a swine; gluttonous, coarse, debased
