hoggish

adjective

hog·​gish ˈhȯ-gish 

ˈhä-

: grossly selfish, gluttonous, or filthy

hoggishly adverb

hoggishness noun

Synonyms

• edacious
• esurient
• gluttonous
• greedy
• piggish
• rapacious
• ravenous
• swinish
• voracious

Examples of hoggish in a Sentence

was feeling hoggish after the hike and ate the whole bag of cookies

Recent Examples on the Web

Despite the plot’s violence and death, this is not a despairing book, but a hopeful one, of Appalachian women taking back their life stories from hoggish men whose power, both in the home and outside of it, is largely an illusion. —Amy Rowland, New York Times, 12 May 2020

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above