porcine
Like a hog
Porcine means relating to or resembling pigs.
The word appears in technical contexts—porcine insulin, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome—but also describes pig-like qualities in people: his porcine features, porcine greed.
When applied to humans, it usually suggests unattractiveness or gluttony.
Beast's protruding face
- nostrilsBreathing holes in face
- trottersEdible pig feet
- tusksExtended animal incisors
- bristlesCoarse animal hairs
muzzle · hooves · hide · jowls · lard · haunches · ears · belly
Cured smoked pork
ribs · crackling · prosciutto · pancetta · carnitas · gammon · fatback · salami
Actively cheering someone on
- wallowingIndulging without restraint
- gruntingLow, throaty vocalization
- oinkPig vocalization
- squealShrill, piercing cry
snuffling · foraging · gruff · snorting · rutting · nesting · nursing · scavenging
Tusked wild pig
Excessively wanting more
- gluttonousExcessively fond of eating
- voraciousExtremely eager to consume
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
- overindulgentExcessively lenient or gratifying
piggish · hoggish · swinish · gorging · stuffing · guzzling · ravenous · unrestrained
Cultural or social prohibition
- impureNot wholly clean
- trefRitually unfit food
- non-kosherViolating Jewish dietary rules
- haramForbidden by Islamic law
forbidden · unclean · defiled · polluted · profane · unkosher
snout
Beast's protruding face
bristles · muzzle · hooves · hide · jowls · lard · haunches · ears · belly · whiskers
sty
Pig enclosure
farrowing · swill · pen · herd · husbandry · trough · slop · barnyard · livestock · breeding
bacon
Cured smoked pork
loin · ribs · crackling · prosciutto · pancetta · carnitas · gammon · fatback · salami
rooting
Actively cheering someone on
squeal · snuffling · foraging · gruff · snorting · rutting · nesting · nursing · scavenging
warthog
Tusked wild pig
greedy
Excessively wanting more
- gluttonousExcessively fond of eating
- voraciousExtremely eager to consume
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
overindulgent · piggish · hoggish · swinish · gorging · stuffing · guzzling · ravenous · unrestrained
taboo
Cultural or social prohibition
- impureNot wholly clean
- trefRitually unfit food
- non-kosherViolating Jewish dietary rules
haram · forbidden · unclean · defiled · polluted · profane · unkosher
fat
Adipose tissue
stout · pudgy · paunchy · heavyset · portly · fleshy · flabby · bloated · tubby · corpulent
bovine
Of the cattle family
ovine · lupine · caprine · murine · ursine · vulpine · asinine · leonine · cervine · serpentine
- biology termscell, DNA, genetics, genetic, evolution
- animal-likeapish, apelike, avian, beastly, birdlike
- Pigs in FictionThree Little Pigs, Charlotte's Web, Wilbur, Babe, Animal Farm
porcineabstemious
Practicing restraint with indulgences
abstinent · temperate · moderate · restrained · ascetic