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hoggish

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hog·gish  (hôgsh, hgsh)
adj.
1. Coarsely self-indulgent or gluttonous.
2. Filthy.
hoggish·ly adv.
hoggish·ness n.
hoggish [ˈhɒgɪʃ]
adj
selfish, gluttonous, or dirty
hoggishly  adv
hoggishness  n
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Adj.1.hoggish - 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"
piggish, piggy, swinish, porcine
gluttonous - given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure"
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