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- [swahy-nish]
- /ˈswaɪ nɪʃ/
- /ˈswaɪ.nɪʃ/
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- [swahy-nish]
- /ˈswaɪ nɪʃ/
Definitions of swinish word
- adjective swinish like or befitting swine; hoggish. 1
- adjective swinish brutishly coarse, gross, or sensual. 1
- adjective swinish of, like, fit for, or characteristic of swine; beastly, piggish, coarse, etc. 0
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Origin of swinish
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1150-1200; See origin at swine, -ish1
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Parts of speech for Swinish
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
swinish popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
swinish usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for swinish
adj swinish
- bearish — On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
- boorish — Boorish behaviour is rough, uneducated, and rude.
- brute — If you call someone, usually a man, a brute, you mean that they are rough, violent, and insensitive.
- cloddish — of, relating to, or resembling a clod or boor; doltish; stolid.
- clodhopping — loutish; boorish.
adv swinish
noun swinish
- gimmie — Golf. a final short putt that a player is not required to take in informal play.
- gluttony — excessive eating and drinking.
- greed — excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.
- insatiableness — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased: insatiable hunger for knowledge.
- esurience — The quality of being esurient; extreme gluttony or boundless hunger.
adverb swinish
- abominable — Something that is abominable is very unpleasant or bad.
- animal — An animal is a living creature such as a dog, lion, or rabbit, rather than a bird, fish, insect, or human being.
- barbarous — If you describe something as barbarous, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is rough and uncivilized.
- base — The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
- carnal — Carnal feelings and desires are sexual and physical, without any spiritual element.
adjective swinish
- barnyard — On a farm, the barnyard is the area in front of or next to a barn.
- craving — an intense desire or longing
- esurient — Hungry or greedy.
- gobbling — Present participle of gobble.
- gross — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
Antonyms for swinish
adjective swinish
- giving — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
adverb swinish
- good — Graph-Oriented Object Database
- inoffensive — causing no harm, trouble, or annoyance: a mild, inoffensive man.
- kind — of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person: a kind and loving person.
- nice — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
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