pigsty
Syllables: pig·sty/ˈpɪɡˌstaɪ̯/
pigsty noun: an enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.
Noun
pigsty (plural pigsties)
- An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.
- The lower pasture also contains a pigsty.
- Then the next thing
They made a swing,
But Jill set up a big cry,
For the swing gave way,
In the midst of the play,
And threw her into the pigsty.1810, Jack and Jill, and old Dame Gill, York: J. Kendrew, page 10
- A dirty or very untidy place.
- This room is a pigsty. When are you going to clean it?
- "It's only youse crowd wot comes makin' a pigsty of the place," said Melons conclusively.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 20
- Synonyms:
- pigpen
pigsty meaning in Hindi, Malayalam, Tagalog and Arabic
pigsty in Hindi
- enclosure where pigs are kept
- सुरवाड़ी survāṛī
pigsty in Malayalam
- പന്നിക്കൂട്
pigsty in Tagalog
- enclosure where pigs are kept
- ulbo, banlat
pigsty in Arabic
- enclosure where pigs are kept
- زَرِيبَةُ خَنَازِير zarībatu ḵanāzīr
More languagesFewer languages
- pigsty in Thai
- คอกหมู
- pigsty in Vietnamese
- chuồng lợn
- pigsty in Myanmar
- ဝက်ခြံ wakhkram
Examples of pigsty in a sentence
- Farm out the stable and pigsty.
- “The grande madame, she is not to live in the pigsty, eh?”
- There were densely tenanted houses on the main road, pigsties hugger-mugger with people, fireplace ashes thrown out at night.
Synonyms of pigsty
Forms of pigsty
| plural | pigsties |
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Origin of pigsty
From pig + sty.
Questions about pigsty
- What does pigsty mean?
- Pigsty means an enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.
- What is pigsty in Hindi?
- Pigsty in Hindi is सुरवाड़ी (survāṛī). See Pigsty meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pigsty?
- Pigsty is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pigsty?
- Pigsty is pronounced /ˈpɪɡˌstaɪ̯/.
- What is the plural of pigsty?
- The plural of pigsty is pigsties.
Words near pigsty in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pigsty (page history and authors); pigsty (Malayalam 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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