as in dump
a dirty or messy place
the frat house was a pigsty the morning after the bacchanal
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Recent Examples of pigsty
James Scotto See it for yourselves Brooklyn: The president and the mayor should take a walk to see what a pigsty Floyd Bennett Field has become.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2024
Authorities imprisoned many imams and converted many mosques into barns, warehouses, and even pigsties.
—Haiyun Ma, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2023
Using a nearly monochromatic mix of black ink and photographic stills, Kantor imagines the moment when Haim escaped a group of Nazis by hiding in a pigsty.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024
The authorities raided his hospital, killed one of his co-workers, and threw the battered body of another into a pigsty for the hogs to devour.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
Seeing Flora’s mangled dress in a pigsty corner sends a shudder through Joanie.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2021
Bussi is unshaven and slovenly, living in a pigsty apartment and driving a Pontiac.
—Jay Weissberg, Variety, 17 Aug. 2021
It was partially destroyed during the Thirty Years' War, later rebuilt, at some point secularized and over the centuries also served as a barn, a distillery and a pigsty, the John Cage Organ Project said on its website.
—Kirsten Grieshaber and Markus Schreiber, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2020
Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2024
Authorities imprisoned many imams and converted many mosques into barns, warehouses, and even pigsties.
—Haiyun Ma, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2023
Using a nearly monochromatic mix of black ink and photographic stills, Kantor imagines the moment when Haim escaped a group of Nazis by hiding in a pigsty.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024
The authorities raided his hospital, killed one of his co-workers, and threw the battered body of another into a pigsty for the hogs to devour.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
Seeing Flora’s mangled dress in a pigsty corner sends a shudder through Joanie.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2021
Bussi is unshaven and slovenly, living in a pigsty apartment and driving a Pontiac.
—Jay Weissberg, Variety, 17 Aug. 2021
It was partially destroyed during the Thirty Years' War, later rebuilt, at some point secularized and over the centuries also served as a barn, a distillery and a pigsty, the John Cage Organ Project said on its website.
—Kirsten Grieshaber and Markus Schreiber, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigsty
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Just four years later, Howard found himself being traded away in a salary dump.Tim Bontemps, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2017
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New York City is gradually transforming its largest trash dump, Fresh Kills on Staten Island, into a vast expanse of parkland and restored natural areas.Andres Viglucci, miamiherald, 15 June 2017
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To avoid making a big glittery mess, use a tablespoon to add 1-2 scoops of glitter to the water and glycerin mixture, and stir gently.Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
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In any event, Syria is a mess, but is not our friend, & THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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No pigpen-cleanup required!Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2021
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If the Hogs couldn’t win the day in their pigpen, with Bryce Young sidelined since the second quarter with a sprained shoulder, after scoring 23 straight points in the midst of a rare, extended Alabama meltdown, will this ridiculous streak ever end?Kevin Scarbinsky | Special to AL.com, al, 2 Oct. 2022
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The designation will bring international recognition to the sties, which aren’t well known even to many Ohioans.Susan Glaser, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
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We're admittedly smitten with this stage-to-sty story, which is apparently a sequel.Country Living, Country Living, 7 Sep. 2022
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Still, with the pitching shored up, Cashman has a whole lot more work to do, with holes at first base and third base and maybe center field.Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
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Paredes is only 25, and his absence opens up a hole at third base.Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Armstrong thinking Vegas is a total hellhole of a city hasn’t stopped him from showing up for the Green Day fans there.Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2024
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The 11-foot-tall bronze sculpture of the hero of a 1987 movie that made Detroit look like a flaming hellhole is on its back in a building somewhere within the 24-acre footprint of Eastern Market.Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2024
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“Pigsty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigsty. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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