piggishness
Selfish, swinish behavior
Piggishness is greedy, gluttonous, or slovenly behavior—acting like a pig.
The word emphasizes excess and lack of restraint, whether in eating, acquiring, or general messiness: The piggishness of his table manners embarrassed everyone.
It can also suggest selfish disregard for others: corporate piggishness.
Consuming beyond bodily needs
- gorgingEating greedily, excessively
- bingeingUncontrolled excessive intake
- voracityIntense, consuming hunger
- guzzlingDrinking fast and eagerly
wolfing · gobbling · stuffing · devouring · swilling · insatiability · gourmandizing · feasting
Excessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
- graspingGreedy for wealth
money-grubbing · materialism · possessiveness · rapacity · insatiability · grabbiness · selfishness · stinginess
Preoccupation with one's own interests
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
- me-firstPrioritizing personal advantage
- unsharingNot giving to others
self-serving · inconsiderateness · thoughtlessness · hogging · grabbiness · ungraciousness · rudeness · discourtesy
State of disarray
- sloppinessLack of neatness
- untidinessLack of order
- filthinessState of being unclean
- dirtinessState of being unclean
grubbiness · unkemptness · uncleanliness · squalor · slobbiness · wallowing · muck · grime
overeating
Consuming beyond bodily needs
- gorgingEating greedily, excessively
- bingeingUncontrolled excessive intake
- voracityIntense, consuming hunger
guzzling · wolfing · gobbling · stuffing · devouring · swilling · insatiability · gourmandizing · feasting · noshing
avarice
Excessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
grasping · money-grubbing · materialism · possessiveness · rapacity · insatiability · grabbiness · selfishness · stinginess · miserliness
self-centeredness
Preoccupation with one's own interests
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
- me-firstPrioritizing personal advantage
unsharing · self-serving · inconsiderateness · thoughtlessness · hogging · grabbiness · ungraciousness · rudeness · discourtesy · boorishness
messiness
State of disarray
- sloppinessLack of neatness
- untidinessLack of order
- filthinessState of being unclean
dirtiness · grubbiness · unkemptness · uncleanliness · squalor · slobbiness · wallowing · muck · grime · disorder
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- sloppinessmessiness, untidiness, dishevelment, slovenliness, unkemptness
piggishnessmoderation
Avoidance of excess
restraint · temperance · self-control · abstemiousness · frugality
piggishnessgenerosity
Readiness to give freely
selflessness · benevolence · altruism · magnanimity · unselfishness
piggishnessrefinement
Elegance of manner
elegance · politeness · daintiness · delicacy · decorum
piggy, piglet, pigsty, piggyback, porcine, piggish, piggery, swinish