pig
451
7.6
- noun
- /pɪg/
- Offensive
:
cerdo
- The way he treated everyone last night made him look like a real pig.
You don't like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, disgusting animals.
- You don't like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, disgusting animals.
- Wow, you sound like a a a pig in mud with that noise.
- He's a total treasonous pig and his name will be mud forever.
- As the late Robert Mugabe used to tell us, we were worse than pigs and dogs.
- And it's the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life because you pig, you French pig.
- Don't listen to these daft pig bastards Claudia.
- Well, you fucking dumb bitch, You fucking rat pig bastard.
Examples
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To think what pigs we made of ourselves.
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No, I'm a greedy, fat, greasy pig and I want money.
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For your information, pig, the rat rules.
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And you're equally, in my opinion, just as much of A pig as that guy is too.
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"Muhak," he said, "I called you a pig, which is not a kind comparison."
Academic text (1995) -
A human being cares about his or her brothers and sisters; a pig does not--this was the poem's theme.
Fiction book (1994) -
So Mill said it's better to be a philosopher unsatisfied than a pig satisfied.
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He's a total treasonous pig and his name will be mud forever.
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You rotten pig, you.
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She called him a pig for refusing to share his food with anyone.
Synonyms
30
4.1
A selfish person who takes more than their fair share
6
9.9
An insulting name for a stupid, clumsy person
1
9.9
A person who eats too much food
1
9.0
An insulting name for a person thought to be very bad and not to be trusted
An insulting word for a person who cheats or lies
A very rude word people use for someone they think is very bad or disgusting
An insulting word for a rude or stupid person
Idioms
- Offensive
1
8.0
To behave in a greedy and messy way, often when eating with others
- Informal
1
8.4
To make small changes to something bad so it looks better without fixing the real problem
- Informal
1
9.9
To buy something without checking it first and risk being cheated
Compounds
3
6.6
A very young pig that still drinks its mother's milk, often cooked whole for roasting
- Specialized
1
4.9
People pour hot iron from a furnace into bars to be made into steel later
- Specialized
A small bush with narrow leaves and red flowers that is poisonous to young farm animals
- Specialized
A deep-sea animal that looks like a fat sea cucumber and crawls on the ocean floor
How Rude
- Offensive
451
7.6
- Offensive
678
4.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pig used as an insult compares a person to the animal, so it means 'greedy' or 'rude', like a pig taking all the food.