hogpen
- noun
- /ˈhɔɡˌpɛn/
- Informal
:
desastre
- His bedroom is such a hogpen that you can barely see the floor.
Examples
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After the kids finished playing, the backyard looked like a hogpen with toys scattered everywhere.
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After the party, the kitchen resembled a hogpen.
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She refused to eat in the cafeteria because it resembled a hogpen after lunch.
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This room looks like a hogpen!
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His bedroom is such a hogpen that you can barely see the floor.
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After the kids finished playing, the backyard looked like a hogpen with toys scattered everywhere.
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She refused to eat in the cafeteria because it resembled a hogpen after lunch.
Synonyms
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7.9
A very dirty, unpleasant, and dangerous place
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2.1
A small fenced area where pigs live
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9.1
A very small dirty room that is unpleasant to live or work in
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6.8
A very messy place with many things mixed together
A place that is very dirty and full of trash and bad smells
A small dirty house or room where poor people live
Antonyms
How Messy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hogpen is easy to picture: it is hog ('pig') + pen ('enclosure'), and because pig yards are often messy a hogpen came to be used for any place that is 'very dirty or untidy'.