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He was as unsociable, hoggish an old curmudgeon as ever rode a stout hack.
THE FUNNY SIDE OF PHYSICA. D. CRABTREAnd you will cosset him in them—to save his hoggish dignity487 and buttress up his heavy pride.
THE FIFTH QUEEN CROWNEDFORD MADOX FORDIt is no more hoggish, really, than the longing for sleep if you haven't slept for nights, or for water when one is thirsty.
THORLEY WEIRE. F. (EDWARD FREDERIC) BENSONThe Master sent in another, with a hoggish grunt which spoke of the energy behind it.
THE CROXLEY MASTER: A GREAT TALE OF THE PRIZE RINGARTHUR CONAN DOYLEIt was a hoggish thing to do; but he was a native and knew no reason for letting up.
FISHING WITH THE FLYCHARLES F. ORVIS AND OTHERSVenta do Duque is a sty right worthy of being the capital of hoggish dominions.
ITALY; WITH SKETCHES OF SPAIN AND PORTUGALWILLIAM BECKFORDBut it will require only the slightest exercise of magic to make the exterior conform to the hoggish disposition.
TANGLEWOOD TALESNATHANIEL HAWTHORNENo use being hoggish toward the rest of 'em, providing we can keep the bulge on 'em in membership.
BABBITTSINCLAIR LEWISThe young of the cowbird is disproportionately large and aggressive, one might say hoggish.
BIRD STORIES FROM BURROUGHSJOHN BURROUGHSAs for me, I think it is superstition which makes our governor more and more hoggish.
THE MYSTERIES OF PARIS, VOLUME 5 OF 6EUGNE SUESYNONYM OF THE DAY
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO HOGGISH
- acquisitive
- avaricious
- avid
- carnivorous
- close
- close-fisted
- covetous
- craving
- desirous
- devouring
- eager
- edacious
- esurient
- gluttonous
- grabby
- grasping
- grudging
- hoggish
- hungry
- impatient
- insatiable
- insatiate
- intemperate
- itchy
- miserly
- niggardly
- omnivorous
- parsimonious
- pennypinching
- penurious
- piggish
- prehensile
- rapacious
- ravening
- ravenous
- selfish
- stingy
- swinish
- tight
- tight-fisted
- voracious
- acquisitive
- avaricious
- avid
- carnivorous
- close
- close-fisted
- covetous
- craving
- desirous
- devouring
- eager
- edacious
- esurient
- gluttonous
- grabby
- grasping
- grudging
- hoggish
- hungry
- impatient
- insatiable
- insatiate
- intemperate
- itchy
- miserly
- niggardly
- omnivorous
- parsimonious
- pennypinching
- penurious
- prehensile
- rapacious
- ravening
- ravenous
- selfish
- stingy
- swinish
- tight
- tight-fisted
- voracious
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.