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hoggishness

Meaning of "hoggishness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF HOGGISHNESS

ˈhɒɡɪʃnəs


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 · bluishness · boyishness · brackishness · bullishness · doggishness · dwarfishness · elfishness · Englishness · girlishness · greenishness · haggishness · Jewishness · piggishness · qualmishness · reddishness · roguishness · sottishness · thievishness · waggishness

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

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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.
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hoggishness
1,325 millions of speakers
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hoggishness
570 millions of speakers
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hoggishness
510 millions of speakers
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hoggishness
380 millions of speakers
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hoggishness
280 millions of speakers
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hoggishness
278 millions of speakers
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hoggishness
270 millions of speakers
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hoggishness
260 millions of speakers
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hoggishness
220 millions of speakers
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Hoggishness
190 millions of speakers
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hoggishness
180 millions of speakers
ja

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hoggishness
130 millions of speakers
ko

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hoggishness
85 millions of speakers
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Hoggishness
85 millions of speakers
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hoggishness
80 millions of speakers
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hoggishness
75 millions of speakers
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अस्पष्टपणा
75 millions of speakers
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hoggishness
70 millions of speakers
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hoggishness
65 millions of speakers
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hoggishness
50 millions of speakers
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hoggishness
40 millions of speakers
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hoggishness
30 millions of speakers
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hoggishness
15 millions of speakers
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hoggishness
14 millions of speakers
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hoggishness
10 millions of speakers
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hoggishness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hoggishness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOGGISHNESS»

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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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»
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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»
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'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»
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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»
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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»
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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»
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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»
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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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