pigsty

Mud-wallowing quarters

A pigsty is an enclosure where pigs are kept—typically a small, muddy pen.

The word extends to any place that's filthy or chaotic: Your room is a pigsty.

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

Also called a pigpen.

disorder

mess

Disorderly, troublesome condition

jumble · shambles · dump · tip · muddle · disorganization · hodgepodge · untidiness · messiness · dishevelment

farming

swine

Domestic porcine animals

  • hogSwine, or monopolize
  • sowImplant in earth
  • boarUndomesticated male swine

livestock · husbandry · breeding · farrowing · trough · feed · slop · manure · farmer · agriculture

enclosure

pen

Ink-filled writing tool

yard · compound · run · fold · stall · corral

filth

dirty

Not clean

  • grimyCoated in stubborn dirt
  • foulOffensive or illegal
  • muckyCovered in sludge

squalid · unsanitary · stinking · reeking · fetid · slovenly · grubby · dingy · soiled · unclean

Categories
Opposites
cleanliness/order

pigstyspotless

Completely free of marks

immaculate · pristine · tidy · neat · spick and span

quality of living space

pigstypalace

Monarch's official residence

mansion · showplace · model home · penthouse · showroom

cleanliness and order

pigstyclean room

Contamination-controlled enclosed space

pristine environment · spick-and-span · shipshape · sterile environment

Phrases
Family

pigs, pigsties

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G