🐖 Like a hog 🐷 Greedy or selfish

hoggy

1 7.9

Being greedy and taking more than your fair share of food or things

adjective
/ˈhɔɡi/

Offensive

: cerdoso

Don't be so hoggy with the pizza—let others have some too.

Examples

His hoggy behavior at the buffet annoyed the other guests.
She can get a bit hoggy when it comes to sharing her favorite snacks.
That was a hoggy move!
He is acting so hoggy about the snacks.
Don't be so hoggy with the pizza—let others have some too.
His hoggy behavior at the buffet annoyed the other guests.
She can get a bit hoggy when it comes to sharing her favorite snacks.

Synonyms

greedy

vshoggy

228 1.4

Wanting more food, money, or things than needed

specifies grabbing more than fair share rather than general wanting

too-greedy

vshoggy

7 7.3

Wanting more than is fair or safe

focuses on taking more than one's share rather than general excessive desire

rapacious

vshoggy

Formal

6 9.3

Very greedy for money and willing to take things from others

is about taking more than a fair share rather than aggressive seizure

piggy

vshoggy

Offensive

3 7.4

Greedy and messy while eating, showing bad manners

is focused on grabbing more than a fair portion rather than only appearance

piggish

vshoggy

Offensive

2 6.9

A person who eats too much and acts greedy and rude

leans more on taking excess share than on rude behaviour

swinish

vshoggy

Offensive

1 9.9

Very rude and greedy in behavior, like a pig

centres on taking more than a fair share rather than general unpleasantness

hoggish

vshoggy

Offensive

1 9.1

A person who takes more than others, especially food, in a greedy, rude way

focuses on taking more than a fair share rather than rough manners

piglike

vshoggy

Offensive

1 5.2

Having messy, greedy, or rude manners

emphasizes taking more than one's fair share rather than just appearance

overgreedy

vshoggy

7.7

Wanting far more than is fair or reasonable

is greedy about taking more than a fair share but less extreme in scale

Antonyms

unselfish

18 2.0

Willing to put other people's needs before your own

generous

7 1.2

Willing to forgive small mistakes and not be strict

How Greedy

voracious

18 7.5

gluttonous

2 7.2

hoggy

Offensive

1 7.9

greedy

228 1.4

selfish

492 1.0

Surface Forms

hoggy positive

Morphology

hoggy = hog (transparent) = hog + y

The adjective 'hoggy' is transparently derived from 'hog' with the suffix '-y', indicating a characteristic of being like a hog.

Etymology

Hoggy comes from hog ('pig') plus the ending -y meaning 'like' or 'full of'. Think of someone who 'hogs' the pizza and takes too much like a greedy pig, so hoggy means being greedy or taking more than your share.