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  1. 1. a. Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot. Source: opted
  2. 2. adj. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance Source: wordnet
  3. 3. adj. resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy Source: wordnet
  4. 4. Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot. "Swinish gluttony." Milton. -- Swin"ish*ly, adv. -- Swin"ish*ness, n. Source: webster
  5. 5. Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine;hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot. "Swinishgluttony." Milton.-- Swin"ish*ly, adv.-- Swin"ish*ness, n. Source: adambom
  6. 6. s ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance s resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy Source: ecdict

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