hoggish [haw-gish, hog-ish] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for hoggish on Thesaurus.com adjective
- like or befitting a hog.
- selfish; gluttonous; filthy.
Origin of hoggish 1425–75; late Middle English. See hog, -ish1 Related formshog·gish·ly, adverbhog·gish·ness, noun Related Words for hoggish acquisitive, avaricious, avid, carnivorous, close, close-fisted, covetous, craving, desirous, eager, edacious, gluttonous, grabby, grasping, hungry, impatient, insatiable, esurient, grudging Examples from the Web for hoggish Historical Examples of hoggish
We fellers are only havin’ a little fun with ’em for bein’ so stuck-up and hoggish.
Joseph C. Lincoln
He was as unsociable, hoggish an old curmudgeon as ever rode a stout hack.
A. D. Crabtre
For those devils so talked of and feared are none else but hoggish jailors.
Character Writings of the 17th Century
Various
It had a black, hoggish nose, but there were fangs in its great jaws.
Stanley Waterloo
All our industrious men were well behaved; and all our idle men were hoggish.
A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed.
Benjamin Waterhouse
British Dictionary definitions for hoggish hoggish adjective
- selfish, gluttonous, or dirty
Derived Formshoggishly, adverbhoggishness, noun Word Origin and History for hoggish adj.
“gluttonous,” late 15c., from hog (n.) + -ish. Related: Hoggishly; hoggishness.