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PRONUNCIATION OF SWINISH

swinish  [ˈswaɪnɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWINISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Swinish is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SWINISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of swinish in the English dictionary

The definition of swinish in the dictionary is contemptible or disgusting.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SWINISH


brainish
ˈbreɪnɪʃ
brinish
ˈbraɪnɪʃ
bumpkinish
ˈbʌmpkɪnɪʃ
Danish
ˈdeɪnɪʃ
diminish
dɪˈmɪnɪʃ
fineish
ˈfaɪnɪʃ
finish
ˈfɪnɪʃ
Finnish
ˈfɪnɪʃ
griffinish
ˈɡrɪfɪnɪʃ
linish
ˈlɪnɪʃ
minish
ˈmɪnɪʃ
photo-finish
ˌfəʊtəʊˈfɪnɪʃ
plainish
ˈpleɪnɪʃ
porcupinish
ˈpɔːkjʊˌpaɪnɪʃ
refinish
riːˈfɪnɪʃ
swainish
ˈsweɪnɪʃ
thinnish
ˈθɪnɪʃ
winish
ˈwɪnɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWINISH

swingeingly
swinger
swinging
swinging door
swinging single
Swinging Sixties
swinging voter
swingingly
swingism
swingle
swingletree
swingman
swingometer
swings and roundabouts
swingtree
swingy
swinishly
swinishness
swink
swinker

WORDS THAT END LIKE SWINISH

banish
blanket finish
brownish
Cornish
furnish
garnish
gloss finish
grandstand finish
greenish
matt finish
mirror finish
photo finish
punish
replenish
silk finish
sprint finish
tarnish
the Spanish
vanish
varnish

Synonyms and antonyms of swinish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «swinish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SWINISH

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

Translator English - Chinese

污秽之
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

porcino
570 millions of speakers

English

swinish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

swinish
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

swinish
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

свинство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

swinish
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অতিভোজী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

swinish
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bengkak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schweinisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

豚のような
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

swinish
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Swinish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc về heo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

swinish
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वाइन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kaba
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

swinish
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

swinish
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

свинство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

swinish
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γουρουνίσιος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

zwijn achtig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

swinish
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

swinish
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of swinish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SWINISH»

The term «swinish» is normally little used and occupies the 129.983 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SWINISH» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWINISH»

Discover the use of swinish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to swinish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Swinish Multitude's Push for Reform: A Poem in Three Cantos
THE 'r SWINISH MULTITlJDE'S PUSH FOR REFORM * \ CANTO FIRST. YE learned Lords and Nobles great, That rule this sad ill-fated State, On wha depend an Empire's fate, ~ Haud for a wee. This lang while back ye've gane a gate That's  ...
John Aitken, 1816
2
An Address to the Hon. Edmund Burke from the Swinish Multitude
James Parkinson. ADDRESS ' l To THE HON. EDMUND BURKEz FROM THE SWINISH MULTITUDE. -----_ [Price Sixpcnce.] ADDRESS To THE HON. EDMUND BURKEz FROM THE SWINISH MULTITUDE. AN'
James Parkinson, 1793
3
The Reading Lesson: The Threat of Mass Literacy in ...
Along with its natural protectors and guardians. learning will be cast into the mire. and trodden down under the hooves of a swinish multitude. (173) Here Burke offers both a history and a theory of culture or learning. and of the role of the clergy ...
Patrick Brantlinger, 1998
4
History of the life and times of Edmund Burke
the mire and trodden under the hoofs of a swinish multitude. The words swinish multitude were pronounced highly objectionable. Here, it was said, is a great statesman and philosopher, hitherto renowned for his humanity and philanthropy,  ...
Thomas Macknight, 1860
5
John Stuart Mill: Critical Assessments
eighteenth-century utilitarians may have traded, as a German philosopher has put it, "in the small wares of usefulness (Nutzlichkeitskramerei)." Or it may be that to accept the pursuit of pleasure as a proper end of man is "swinish doctrine," if it  ...
John Cunningham Wood, 1991
6
Jeremy Bentham: Critical Assessments
... usefulness (Nutzlichkeitskrämerei)" Or it may be that to accept the pursuit of pleasure as a proper end of man is "swinish doctrine," if it be proper to assume that man pursues swinish pleasures. But a utilitarian does not have to be a Philistine.
Bhikhu C. Parekh, 1993
7
Imperial Animals: Romanticism and the Politicized Animal
Chapter One: Necessary Fictions: The Swinish Multitude and The Rights of Man I. Political Animals When Edmund Burke wrote of a "swinish multitude" in the Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), he probably did not expect to receive ...
Darren Phillip Howard, 2007
8
Lustmord: Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany
Yet the phrase does take on a special resonance when read along with what Grosz himself referred to as "swinish" letters to his wife Eva, letters that habitually refer to his wife as a "swinishly voluptuous and sweet maid" and as a "sweet, ...
Maria Tatar, 1997
9
Spheres of Action: Speech and Performance in Romantic Culture
Yet close examination reveals that Thelwall has constructed the swinish multitude passage so as to allow, indeed to teach, even the most uneducated, lower-class members of his audience to follow his rhetorical shifts, to understand his irony, ...
Angela Esterhammer, Alexander John Dick, 2009
10
A Book of Scattered Leaves: Poetry of Poverty in Broadside ...
The author footnotes the last line: "The Rich were called 'the Corinthian Pillars of Society' by the pensioner Burke; while he termed the industrious classes the Swinish Multitude." "Pensioner" means sycophant of the government who receives a ...
James G. Hepburn, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWINISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term swinish is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How to Prevent Revenge Porn
Because most men are single-mindedly swinish and hormonal when it comes to sex, if you allow them to photograph the "good parts," they won't object to your ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
City has more to gain than lose from gender pay gap transparency
Discrimination, or the appearance of it, plays to the sloppy stereotype of the swinish banker. One part of this may be unfair, to the extent that young men have ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
3
Phrase 'feeding at public trough' unfair to most in public service
... not swinish and contemptible scoundrels taking cynical advantage of hard-working private sector taxpayers, which is the image that this phrase creates for me. «HeraldNet, Jul 15»
4
10 Ways to Insult a Catholic Blogger (and Why You Shouldn't Bother)
... get a diamond-encrusted Bible, and get with the Joel Osteen Spiritual Self Tanning Regimen, all because my kids have this swinish attachment to eating three ... «National Catholic Register, Jul 15»
5
UPDATE: 2015 Congressional Pig Book Rolling Out May 13, 2015
... current state of earmark reform and the earmark moratorium, and what more needs to be done to permanently stop Congress from practicing its swinish ways. «Business Wire, May 15»
6
Crossword solutions: Tuesday, May 12
Down: 1 Swinish, 2 Rickshaw, 3 Yucca, 4 Tame, 5 Fetch, 6 Sleeve, 11 Epilogue, 13 Tamper, 15 Rosette, 17 Libel, 19 Eject, 20 Tomb. Like puzzles? «The Dominion Post, May 15»
7
Drunken Pig Barred From Booze For Headbutting
... south London pub where the pig is a permanent fixture, have banned the swine from drinking beer in the hopes she will stop acting so swinish to customers. «Modern Farmer, Mar 15»
8
Netanyahu's Most Expensive Speech
Between what has been called here “swinish capitalism” and a welfare state. In short, between two very different kinds of Israel. So what is being said about this ... «Progressive.org, Mar 15»
9
In 'Mr. Turner,' genius is portrayed as pointless vaudeville
He goes through life making swinish grunting noises, doing swinish things and registering sour superiority over everything on his brutish porcine face. If you look ... «Buffalo News, Feb 15»
10
'At Dinners After Openings I Sometimes Feel Like I'm Watching Bank …
TACITA DEAN: A swinish question: How do you perceive your relationship to established power? FOSTER: I don't feel subversive, but then I don't feel corrupt ... «ARTnews, Dec 14»

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