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as in greedy
having a huge appetite
the more swinish diners attacked the all-you-can-eat buffet with gusto
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as in brute
having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal
we were appalled by the rude and swinish behavior some people thought it was all right to display in public
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Recent Examples of swinish
Another, Cora, is saddled with a swinish husband who tries to gaslight her whenever his chronic infidelity is exposed.
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Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 27 May 2022
Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 27 May 2022
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How inflation is impacting America Are greedy companies to blame for grocery inflation?Juweek Adolphe, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
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Scanty sentences for these greedy big shots do little to deter crooked behavior in the future.The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
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This dismissal of Armenian historical ties to the region ignores the profound humanitarian crisis that has ensued and sets a dangerous precedent for conflict resolution through brute force.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Xi’s consolidation of power may offer short-term control and a capacity to achieve certain strategic and technological outcomes through brute force.Jude Blanchette, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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The merged generative AI model is bloated and runs extremely slowly, possibly so piggish that using it on everyday tasks is exasperating and imprudent due to enormous delays while processing.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
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Surrounded by a dysfunctional family and a piggish boss (Stellan Skarsgård), Justine is lonely, exasperated, and seething.Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
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After decades of conflict with Beijing over discrimination and suppression of their cultural identity, the Chinese government launched a brutal crackdown on the Uyghurs that some Western governments deem a genocide.Dake Kang and Huizhong Wu, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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Action icon Donnie Yen (John Wick: Chapter 4) directs and stars in this brutal revenge story about a former prosecutor determined to exact justice.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
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That feral state certainly translates to the screen.Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Pigs are known to attack humans, but fatalities tend to be caused by feral animals, such as wild boars, rather than domestic livestock.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Swinish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swinish. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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