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Meaning of "hoggishness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOGGISHNESS

hoggishness  [ˈhɒɡɪʃnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOGGISHNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hoggishness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOGGISHNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hoggishness in the English dictionary

The definition of hoggishness in the dictionary is the quality or state of being selfish, gluttonous, or dirty.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOGGISHNESS


bearishness
ˈbɛərɪʃnəs
bluishness
ˈbluːɪʃnəs
boyishness
ˈbɔɪɪʃnəs
brackishness
ˈbrækɪʃnəs
bullishness
ˈbʊlɪʃnəs
doggishness
ˈdɒɡɪʃnəs
dwarfishness
ˈdwɔːfɪʃnəs
elfishness
ˈɛlfɪʃnəs
Englishness
ˈɪŋɡlɪʃnəs
girlishness
ˈɡɜːlɪʃnəs
greenishness
ˈɡriːnɪʃnəs
haggishness
ˈhæɡɪʃnəs
Jewishness
ˈdʒuːɪʃnəs
piggishness
ˈpɪɡɪʃnəs
qualmishness
ˈkwɑːmɪʃnəs
reddishness
ˈrɛdɪʃnəs
roguishness
ˈrəʊɡɪʃnəs
sottishness
ˈsɒtɪʃnəs
thievishness
ˈθiːvɪʃnəs
waggishness
ˈwæɡɪʃnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOGGISHNESS

hogg
hogged
hogger
hoggerel
hoggery
hogget
hoggin
hogging
hogging moment
hoggish
hoggishly
hoghood
hoglike
Hogmanay
hognose snake
hognosed skunk
hognut
hogshead
hogtie

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOGGISHNESS

Britishness
business
Caithness
childishness
foolishness
foppishness
freshness
harshness
highness
lushness
much of a muchness
rashness
richness
roughness
Royal Highness
selfishness
smoothness
stylishness
thoroughness
toughness
unselfishness

Synonyms and antonyms of hoggishness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hoggishness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOGGISHNESS

Find out the translation of hoggishness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hoggishness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hoggishness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

hoggishness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hoggishness
570 millions of speakers

English

hoggishness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hoggishness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

hoggishness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

hoggishness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hoggishness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hoggishness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hoggishness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hoggishness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hoggishness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hoggishness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hoggishness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hoggishness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hoggishness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hoggishness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्पष्टपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hoggishness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hoggishness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hoggishness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

hoggishness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hoggishness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hoggishness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoggishness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hoggishness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hoggishness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hoggishness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOGGISHNESS»

The term «hoggishness» is normally little used and occupies the 138.314 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOGGISHNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hoggishness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hoggishness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hoggishness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOGGISHNESS»

Discover the use of hoggishness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hoggishness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The American Scene: Together with Three Essays from ...
There is really no denying that the Fifties in the United States were years in which private hoggishness reached some spectacular heights. But "the age of the slob" — no, I don't think that will do. There is much to be said about the Eisenhower ...
Henry James, Wystan Hugh Auden, 1946
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A Gaelic Dictionary: In Two Parts I. Guelic and English. - ...
A ghraisge mhucach, the swinish mob. Mucachan, ain, s. m. A hoggish fellow. Mdcachd, s.f. Swinishness, hoggishness; moroseness, grimness. Mucag, aig, s.f. (Ir. id.) A hip, the fruit of the dog-rose ; rarely, a cup. N. pi. mucagan. Mucag ach, a .
Robert Archibald Armstrong, 1825
3
The Independent
HOGGISHNESS is not a pretty word, but it has to be in the dictionary. It is more than common selfishness ; it is a mean sort of selfishness which grabs everything in sight, and leaves nothing for other people. It is the spirit that puts its feet in the ...
‎1904
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The Independent
Hoggishness Hoggishness is not a pretty word, but it has to be in the dictionary. It is more than common selfishness ; it is a mean sort of selfishness which grabs everything in sight, and leaves nothing for other people. It is the spirit that puts its  ...
Leonard Bacon, Joseph Parrish Thompson, Richard Salter Storrs, 1904
5
Why Gould Was Wrong
... to-hit-back instinct hoarding, hoarding instinct hoarding, hoarding-is-taboo instinct hoaxing, hoaxing instinct hoggishness, hoggishness instinct homage, homage instinct home, a-basic-tendency-to-return-to-a-fixed-home-base instinct home, ...
Nils K. Oeijord, 2003
6
Yeast: a problem
... your behaviour take place after that night ? ' ' As much, sir, as if you put a soul into a hog, and told him that he was a gentleman's son ; and, if every time he remembered that, he got spirit enough to conquer his hoggishness, and behave like ...
Charles Kingsley, 1851
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Prose Works 1892: Specimen Days
Trade and shipping, 60 and clubs and culture, and prestige, and guns, and a fine select class of gentry and aristocracy, with every modern improvement, cannot begin to salve or defend such stupendous hoggishness. The way to test how ...
Walt Whitman, Floyd Stovall, 2007
8
Yeast: a Problem: Easyread Edition
'As much, sir, as if you put a soul into a hog, and told him that he was a gentleman's son; and, if every time he remembered that, he got spirit enough to conquer his hoggishness, and behave like a man, till the hoggishness died out of him, and ...
Charles Kingsley, 2008
9
Yeast: a Problem
“As much, Sir, as if you put a soul into a hog, and told him that he was a gentleman's son; and, if every time he remembered that, he got spirit enough to conquer his hoggishness, and behave like a man, till the hoggishness died out of him, and ...
Charles Kingsley, 1851
10
Delphi Complete Works of Charles Kingsley (Illustrated):
'As much, sir, as if youputa soul into a hog, and told him that he was a gentleman's son;and,if every time that, he got he remembered spirit enough to conquer his hoggishness, and behave like a man, till the hoggishness diedoutofhim, and the ...
Charles Kingsley, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOGGISHNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hoggishness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mind the bap: since when did chowing a Chinese on the Tube …
And by the way, this also applies to the barbaric habit of eating al desko, a flattering term for inert hoggishness and perpetual snacking. «Evening Standard, Mar 14»
2
The problem of poor patient care
... administrators aren't polite to doctors and doctors aren't polite to nurses, it is patients who pay the sometimes fatal price for hoggishness. «Trinidad & Tobago Express, Oct 13»
3
Justin Trudeau moves family to his childhood stomping grounds in …
... fees suggest expertise is overrated · John Ivison: Justin Trudeau 's hoggishness toward charity proves he's not too nice to run the country. «National Post, Aug 13»
4
John Ivison: Justin Trudeau's hoggishness toward charity proves …
OTTAWA — This promises to take some of the lustre off the leader of the Liberal Party. We know Justin Trudeau is paid $157,000 a year as a ... «National Post, Jun 13»
5
'Ice Cream Guy' explains on 'Good Morning America,' 'Ice Cream Girl …
After receiving her bounty, Arnett immediately said she would be willing to share it with Moran, despite his admitted hoggishness. Ain't love ... «Yahoo! Sports, Mar 13»
6
Fiscal policy The master of horror on taxes
This is due no doubt in part to the hoggishness of moneyed men who would prefer to croon with crotches aflame than impart an additional ... «The Economist, May 12»
7
ABSURDITY OF IT ALL - Week in Review: Impact Zone's piped-in …
in hoggishness and say, "My way is the right way." -I keep thinking that five months from now (after the Hogan thing fizzles), a TNA PPV will ... «Pro Wrestling Torch, Jan 10»
8
How to Keep Your Browser from Hogging Resources
... or not opening so many tabs -- but neither is a real solution to the underlying problem. So what can you do to blunt this hoggishness trend? «PC World, Jan 10»
9
Sando nurses protest wage delay
She said, “Any effort to inquire about our salary has been met with hoggishness and run-around because we have not gotten a definite answer ... «Trinidad News, May 07»
10
Photograph by Kerry Hayes
Gandolfini is almost an editorial cartoon for the hoggishness of machine politics, and he looks like a human pork chop in his big fedoras and ... «Silicon Valley's Metro, Sep 06»

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« EDUCALINGO. Hoggishness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hoggishness>. May 2024 ».
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