hoggish
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9.1
- adjective
- /ˈhɔɡɪʃ/
- Offensive
- Don't be hoggish; let others have some of that delicious cake too.
Examples
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She is hoggish for Daddy's favorite sweet potato and butter.
Blog text (28) -
Oh, I don't want to be hoggish.
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And we'll take a look at this hoggish little girl here.
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So this means even other embedded systems are kind of too energy hoggish for you or whatever.
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Word is hoggish enough on a full PC.
Blog text (19) -
Don't get hoggish.
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The few photos I allowed while pregnant revealed a cute mommy-to-be with a cute baby bump and a slightly bigger nose, not the hoggish troll I remembered seeing in the mirror.
Blog text (29) -
"That man has the manners of a piney-woods rooter!" she exclaimed, banging the door behind him, but she had already come around to his old hoggish point of view about the wedding.
Fiction book (1990) -
He was hoggish when it came to sharing his toys with his friends.
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She complained about his hoggish behavior during dinner, insisting he should share the food.
Synonyms
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1.4
Wanting more food, money, or things than needed
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7.3
Wanting more than is fair or safe
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8.3
Like a pig in look and behavior, often being fat or greedy
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7.4
Greedy and messy while eating, showing bad manners
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9.9
Very hungry or greedy and acting in a violent way to take what others have
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7.2
Someone who always eats or drinks too much
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6.9
A person who eats too much and acts greedy and rude
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9.9
Very rude and greedy in behavior, like a pig
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8.9
Very hungry and likely to eat large amounts of food
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5.2
Having messy, greedy, or rude manners
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7.2
Being very hungry and wanting to eat a lot
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7.9
Being greedy and taking more than your fair share of food or things
Wanting far more than is fair or reasonable
Antonyms
How Greedy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word hoggish comes from the common word hog, meaning 'a pig', and the ending -ish, which means 'like', so it literally means 'like a hog'. That's why someone called hoggish is seen as rude and greedy, especially at a meal.