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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
Consider this evilmeister’s brazen acts of treason and revenge, unbounded deceit, swinish immorality and negative role modeling.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
5 Apr. 2026
Little-Turnstile, High Holborn, London, Spence turned out a penny weekly called Pig’s Meat; or lessons for the swinish multitude.
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Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Sep. 2025
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
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
5 Apr. 2026
Little-Turnstile, High Holborn, London, Spence turned out a penny weekly called Pig’s Meat; or lessons for the swinish multitude.
—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Sep. 2025
Another, Cora, is saddled with a swinish husband who tries to gaslight her whenever his chronic infidelity is exposed.
—
Sarah Lyall,
New York Times,
27 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swinish
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The Sudanese conflict has conscripted the neighboring countries who are selfishly courting either faction for resources or political standing, as well as greedy, exploitative foreign powers who repeatedly leverage religious and cultural tensions in the region, into the fight for profit.
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Next to him were Brad Lander, Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez, all left-leaning candidates running on a platform that includes abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and taking on bad landlords and greedy corporations.
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The broader implication is that AI infrastructure is no longer evolving solely toward brute-force scale.
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Femi regained control, tossing Uso to the mat with his brute strength.
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The Pork Belly A breakfast diner that added piggish flair to Kuna’s dining scene is no more.
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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.
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And Addy, perhaps the most brutal American Girl story, is enslaved.
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In January, the government suppressed huge nationwide protests in a brutal crackdown that left thousands dead.
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The adult animation follows the trials and tribulations of a group of feral British cats from all walks of society, who seek companionship while ruminating on everyday life.
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Almost immediately, her half-feral dragon attacks Moondancer.
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“Swinish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swinish. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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