swinish meaning and definition

SWINISH adjective

Definition of swinish (adjective)

1. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
   • "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"
   • synonyms: boorish, loutish, neandertal, neanderthal, oafish
2. resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
   • "piggish table manners"; "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"; "swinish slavering over food"
   • synonyms: hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine