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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
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
Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 27 May 2022
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Even as a single, childless woman, which society calls failure, my life always felt charmed, so charmed that asking God for more felt greedy.Essence, Essence, 17 Dec. 2024
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Some wonder what's wrong with American society; some see a wakeup call for greedy health insurers.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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But college football has changed to a game of speed and skill rather than a game of brute force.Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
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Her acuity gives equal weight and immediacy to both the intangible reality of human relationships (the social hierarchies among children in a cancer ward, say) and the brute force of physical experience.Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
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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.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
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Surrounded by a dysfunctional family and a piggish boss (Stellan Skarsgård), Justine is lonely, exasperated, and seething.Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
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Thousands of prisoners have now been freed, many after decades of incarceration in brutal conditions.Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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Winter's brutal grip is continuing Friday for millions across the eastern U.S. as temperatures remain well below average.Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Many feral cats rely on food scraps, garbage, or deliberate feeding by well-meaning individuals, which buffers them from natural selection pressures like starvation.Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Borisov artfully underplays the progression: He’s taken aback by her feral resistance, amused by her spirit, then really sees her.Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Swinish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swinish. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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