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piggish

 
Dictionary: pig·gish   (pĭg'ĭsh) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Greedy: a piggish appetite.
  2. Stubborn; pigheaded.
piggishly pig'gish·ly adv.
piggishness pig'gish·ness n.

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adjective

    Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume: edacious, gluttonous, greedy, hoggish, ravenous, voracious. See desire, ingestion.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
  Synonyms: hoggish, piggy, porcine, swinish


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - svinsk, grådig, egoistisk, stædig

Nederlands (Dutch)
gemeen, onbeschoft, gulzig

Français (French)
adj. - goinfre, sale, grossier, porcin

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gefräßig, stur, schmutzig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - γουρουνίσιος, γουρουνοειδής, (μτφ.) λαίμαργος, βρομιάρης, ξεροκέφαλος

Italiano (Italian)
sudicio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sujo, glutão, avarento

Русский (Russian)
свиной, прожорливый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - de cerdo, voraz, puerco

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - gemen, egoistisk, snuskig, glupsk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
猪般的, 贪心的, 馋嘴的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 豬般的, 貪心的, 饞嘴的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 돼지 같은, 고집 불통인, 더러운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 豚のような, 不潔な, 貪欲な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شره, قذر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חזירי, זולל וסובא, מטונף‬


 
 
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