swinish : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: swinish	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for swinish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swinish adj 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" Synonym(s): boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish 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" Synonym(s): hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swinish \Swin"ish\, a. Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot. [bd]Swinish gluttony.[b8] --Milton. -- {Swin"ishly}, adv. -- {Swin"ishness}, n.