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piggish

/ˈpɪɡɪʃ/

piggish adjective: greedy or gluttonous.

Adjective

piggish (comparative more piggish, superlative most piggish)

  1. greedy or gluttonous
  2. pigheaded
  3. unpleasant or unclean

piggish meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

piggish in Tamil

பன்றி போன்ற

piggish in Bengali

লোভী, পেটুক, একগুঁয়ে, অপ্রীতিকর, অপরিচ্ছন্ন

piggish in Kannada

ತಿನಾಳಿ, ಹೊಲಸು

Forms of piggish

comparativemore piggish
superlativemost piggish

Origin of piggish

From pig + -ish.

Words formed from piggish

Questions about piggish

What does piggish mean?
Piggish means greedy or gluttonous.
What is piggish in Tamil?
Piggish in Tamil is பன்றி போன்ற. See Piggish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is piggish?
Piggish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce piggish?
Piggish is pronounced /ˈpɪɡɪʃ/.

Words near piggish in the dictionary

  1. pigging it
  2. pigging off
  3. pigging out
  4. piggings
  5. piggins
  6. piggish
  7. piggishly
  8. piggishness
  9. piggishnesses
  10. piggle
  11. piggled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: piggish (page history and authors); piggish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); piggish (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); piggish (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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