| ADJECTIVE | pert | porcine | relating to or suggesting swine |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | porcine, gross | repellently fat | |
| all | porcine, hoggish, piggish, piggy, swinish | resembling swine |
| Meaning | relating to or suggesting swine. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "comparison between human and porcine pleasures" | |
| Spanish | porcino | |
| Nouns | swine | stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals |
| Meaning | repellently fat. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a bald porcine old man" | |
| Synonym | gross | |
| Broader | fat | Having an (over)abundance of flesh |
| Spanish | porcino | |
| Meaning | resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father" | |
| Synonyms | hoggish, piggish, piggy, swinish | |
| Broader | gluttonous | Given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink |
| Spanish | cerdo, cochino, marrano | |
| Catalan | marrà, porc | |
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