hoggishness
Piggish greedy behavior
Hoggishness is greedy, gluttonous, or selfish behavior—acting like a hog at a trough, taking more than one's share without regard for others.
The word emphasizes crude excess: The hoggishness of the buffet crowd was embarrassing.
It can describe appetite for food, money, or resources.
Consuming beyond bodily needs
- gorgingEating greedily, excessively
- voracityIntense, consuming hunger
- bingeingUncontrolled excessive intake
- guzzlingDrinking fast and eagerly
wolfing · gobbling · stuffing · piggishness · ravenousness · insatiability · feasting · swilling
Lack of sophistication
- boorishnessCrude, uncouth conduct
- uncouthnessLack of polish
- vulgarityOffensive coarseness in manner
- piggishnessExcessive selfish appetite
grossness · crassness · indelicacy · unrefined · beastliness · loutishness · churlishness · roughness
Inflated sense of self-importance
- self-centerednessPreoccupation with one's own interests
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
- inconsideratenessDisregard for others' feelings
- self-absorptionPreoccupation with oneself
unsharing · self-serving · me-first · possessiveness · self-interest · thoughtlessness · grabbiness · piggishness
Excessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
- graspingGreedy for wealth
hoarding · money-grubbing · possessiveness · materialism · insatiability · cupidity · grabbiness · stinginess
Excessive consumption or enjoyment
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
- intemperanceHabitual lack of restraint
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
wastefulness · overconsumption · profligacy · excessiveness · unrestraint · exorbitance · overabundance · supersaturation
overeating
Consuming beyond bodily needs
- gorgingEating greedily, excessively
- voracityIntense, consuming hunger
- bingeingUncontrolled excessive intake
guzzling · wolfing · gobbling · stuffing · piggishness · ravenousness · insatiability · feasting · swilling · engorgement
crudeness
Lack of sophistication
- boorishnessCrude, uncouth conduct
- uncouthnessLack of polish
- vulgarityOffensive coarseness in manner
piggishness · grossness · crassness · indelicacy · unrefined · beastliness · loutishness · churlishness · roughness · brutishness
egotism
Inflated sense of self-importance
- self-centerednessPreoccupation with one's own interests
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
- inconsideratenessDisregard for others' feelings
self-absorption · unsharing · self-serving · me-first · possessiveness · self-interest · thoughtlessness · grabbiness · piggishness · monopolizing
avarice
Excessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
grasping · hoarding · money-grubbing · possessiveness · materialism · insatiability · cupidity · grabbiness · stinginess · miserliness
overindulgence
Excessive consumption or enjoyment
- immoderationLack of self-restraint
- intemperanceHabitual lack of restraint
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
extravagance · wastefulness · overconsumption · profligacy · excessiveness · unrestraint · exorbitance · overabundance · supersaturation · overdoing
hoggishnessgenerosity
Readiness to give freely
selflessness · altruism · liberality · magnanimity · unselfishness
hoggishnesstemperance
Habitual moderation in behavior
moderation · abstemiousness · refinement · self-restraint · frugality