pigsties

Muddy swine enclosures

Pigsties are enclosures where pigs are kept, or rooms and spaces that are extremely dirty and messy: His apartment was a pigsty.

The figurative sense is far more common than the literal one.

Also spelled pigstys.

Singular: pigsty.

filth

mud

Wet soil mixture

  • muckFilthy wet dirt
  • grimeIngrained surface dirt
  • squalorDirty, degraded living conditions

slop · manure · stench · reek · flies · unclean · fouled · unsanitary · soiled · grimy

disorder

clutter

Untidy collection of items

  • messDisorderly, troublesome condition
  • chaosComplete disorder and confusion
  • disarrayLack of order

shambles · jumble · squalor · untidy · littered · disheveled · dump · hovel · slum · eyesore

swine

sow

Implant in earth

  • boarUndomesticated male swine
  • hogSwine, or monopolize
  • snoutBeast's protruding face

trotters · bristles · grunting · oink · swill · rooting · wallowing · farrowing · gilt · barrow

farming

pen

Ink-filled writing tool

husbandry · livestock · farrowing · swineherd · slaughter · fattening · breeding · feedlot · confinement · smallholding

rural

pastoral

Of countryside or clergy care

bucolic · provincial · agrarian · village · homestead · barnyard · backyard · smallholding · croft · peasant

Categories
Opposites
cleanliness/order

pigstiespristine environments

Ecosystems in original condition

showrooms · clean rooms · spick-and-span · operating theaters · operating rooms

prestige/luxury of dwelling

pigstiespalaces

Grand royal residences

mansions · estates · penthouses · châteaux · manor houses

prestige/refinement of space

pigstiespalaces

Grand royal residences

mansions · penthouse suites · stately homes · luxury apartments · Buckingham Palace

Family

pig, sties, piglet, pigsty, pigpen, porcine, piggery, pigpens

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G