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pigface

pigface

1 9.9
An insulting name for someone considered very ugly
  • noun
  • Offensive
translation icon : cara de cerdo
  • Pigface!

Examples

  • Come on, Pigface.

    Bachelorette (2012)

  • Nobody calls you Pigface anymore.

    Bachelorette (2012)

  • you're not Pigface, Becky.

    Bachelorette (2012)

  • Everyone in the group called him pigface because of his rude behavior and unpleasant personality.

  • It's not nice to call someone pigface just because they don't fit your standards of beauty.

  • She was tired of being insulted and called pigface by her classmates.

Synonyms

dogface
vspigface
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A rude word for someone whose face another person calls ugly

is a harsh slang insult rather than a neutral description
goyle
vspigface
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A stone figure on a building or a person who looks ugly

is an offensive insult focusing on ugliness rather than neutral usage
ugly stick
vspigface
  • Offensive
1 9.3

A person or thing that looks very unattractive, often said as a joke

is a direct offensive term about appearance rather than joking blame
ugly
vspigface
  • Offensive
1 2.0

A person or thing that is not pleasant to look at

is an offensive slang insult rather than a neutral descriptive word
monkeyface
vspigface
  • Offensive
9.9

A rude name for a person whose face looks like a monkey's

is a harsh slang insult rather than a direct animal comparison
bad looker
vspigface
  • Offensive
8.4

A person who many people think is not good looking

is a strong slang insult not a mild descriptive phrase

Antonyms

beautiful
∞ 1.0

Pleasant to see, hear, or think about

attractive
680 1.0

Pleasing to look at or enjoy and making people interested

How Offensive

slur
  • Offensive
54 7.4
pigface
  • Offensive
1 9.9
insult
  • Offensive
313 1.3
pejorative
15 8.2

Surface Forms

pigface singular
pigfaces plural

Morphology

pigface = pig + face (transparent) = pig + face

The insulting meaning is a direct metaphorical composition of 'pig' + 'face', which learners can readily infer as referring to an unattractive or unpleasant-looking person.

Etymology

Pigface used as an insult comes from joining pig and face to compare someone's looks to a pig, so it is a rude name. A helpful way to remember it is that this direct animal comparison of a person's 'face' explains why the word is offensive.