hoggish
Adjective: - Resembling or characteristic of a hog; coarsely gluttonous or greedy: Describes someone or something that is excessively and selfishly greedy, especially regarding food or consumption, in a manner considered crude or animalistic.
This word is used to describe behavior that is not just greedy, but greedily self-indulgent in a way that is unattractive, crude, or reminiscent of a pig. It carries a strong negative connotation and is often used for criticism.
- His hoggish appetite meant he ate most of the shared platter by himself.
- The critics condemned the CEO's hoggish accumulation of wealth while employees suffered.
- She was repulsed by his hoggish table manners.
- In a metaphorical sense: Can be applied beyond food to describe any insatiable, selfish, and crude acquisitiveness.
- The company's hoggish consumption of natural resources drew public outrage.
- Hoggishly (adverb): In a hoggish manner.
- He ate hoggishly, without regard for others at the table.
- Hoggishness (noun): The quality of being hoggish.
- The sheer hoggishness of his behavior was astonishing.
- Piggish: Very similar in meaning, emphasizing greed and dirtiness.
- Gluttonous: Excessively greedy in eating.
- Voracious: Wanting or consuming great quantities, often of food.
- Rapacious: Aggressively greedy or grasping.
- Swine-like: Literally resembling a pig.
- Abstemious: Not self-indulgent, especially in eating and drinking.
- Moderate: Characterized by a reasonable or average amount.
- Temperate: Showing moderation or self-restraint.
- Ascetic: Practicing severe self-discipline and abstention from indulgence.
While "hoggish" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it describes the behavior encapsulated in common phrases: - To pig out: To eat a very large amount of food greedily. (This phrase conveys a similar, though often more informal, meaning.) - Hog the [something]: To selfishly keep or use most of something, not sharing. (e.g., Don't hog the remote control! This phrasal verb relates to the same root concept of selfishness.)
- 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