hoglike
Resembling a pig
Hoglike means resembling a hog in appearance or behavior—greedy, gluttonous, or coarsely self-serving.
The word usually carries negative connotations: hoglike eating habits, hoglike snorting.
It can describe physical features that recall a pig's snout or bulk, or behavior marked by crude selfishness.
Extremely eager to consume
- piggishGreedily self-indulgent
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- greedyExcessively wanting more
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
guzzling · gobbling · devouring · swilling · gorging · swinish · overeating · bingeing
Indulging without restraint
- muddyObscured by silt
- swinishResembling swine in behavior
- slovenlyUntidy and careless
- unkemptUntidy in appearance
grimy · unwashed · squalid · mucky · grubby · soiled · slop · pigsty
Crudely ill-mannered
- swinishResembling swine in behavior
- coarseRough in texture
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- vulgarCrude or indecent
crass · oafish · loutish · gruff · churlish · unrefined · uncivilized · brutish
Firmly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- pigheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
willful · intransigent · unyielding · dogged · tenacious · immovable · uncompromising · inflexible
voracious
Extremely eager to consume
insatiable · guzzling · gobbling · devouring · swilling · gorging · swinish · overeating · bingeing · wolfish
wallowing
Indulging without restraint
unkempt · grimy · unwashed · squalid · mucky · grubby · soiled · slop · pigsty · unclean
boorish
Crudely ill-mannered
vulgar · crass · oafish · loutish · gruff · churlish · unrefined · uncivilized · brutish · slovenly
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- pigheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
headstrong · willful · intransigent · unyielding · dogged · tenacious · immovable · uncompromising · inflexible · persistent
hoglikeclean
Free of soil
pure · refined · pristine · immaculate · fastidious
hoglikedainty
Delicately small and pretty
abstemious · moderate · restrained · temperate · delicate
like, hog, piglet, porker, porcine, hoggish, pigsties, hoggishness