hoggish

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Adjective hoggish has 1 sense

hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish - 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"
Antonym: abstemious (indirect, via gluttonous)

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Hoggish

Adjective

1. Excessively greedy or selfish.

Sample sentence: The CEO's hoggish behavior led to widespread layoffs and a decline in employee morale.

2. Resembling or characteristic of a hog in appearance, behavior, or habits.

Sample sentence: The hoggish man gorged himself at the buffet, devouring plate after plate of food.

Noun

1. A person who is greedy or overly self-centered.

Sample sentence: The wealth accumulation of the businessman turned him into a hoggish, caring only about money and material possessions.

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