hoggish

hoggish [haw-gish, hog-ish] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for hoggish on Thesaurus.com adjective

1. like or befitting a hog.
2. 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.

The Rise of Roscoe Paine

Joseph C. Lincoln

He was as unsociable, hoggish an old curmudgeon as ever rode a stout hack.

The Funny Side of Physic

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.

The Story of Ab

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

1. 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.