Synonyms for Hoggish
Definition of hoggish
- adjective
- 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"
5 synonyms found
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