plural swine
1
: any of various stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous artiodactyl mammals (family Suidae) with a thick bristly skin and a long flexible snout
especially
: a domesticated one descended from the wild boar
2
: a contemptible person
Synonyms
- bastard
- beast
- bleeder [British]
- blighter [chiefly British]
- boor
- bounder
- bugger
- buzzard
- cad
- chuff
- churl
- clown
- creep
- cretin
- crud [slang]
- crumb [slang]
- cur
- dirtbag [slang]
- dog
- fink
- heel
- hound
- jerk
- joker
- louse
- lout
- pill
- rat
- rat fink
- reptile
- rotter
- schmuck [slang]
- scum
- scumbag [slang]
- scuzzball [slang]
- skunk
- sleaze
- sleazebag [slang]
- sleazeball [slang]
- slime
- slimeball [slang]
- slob
- snake
- so-and-so
- sod [chiefly British]
- stinkard
- stinker
- toad
- varmint
- vermin
Examples of swine in a Sentence
you really are a swine—you have no sense of decency at all!
Recent Examples on the Web
Ohio State Parks allow hunters to use bows and guns to hunt deer, wild turkey, coyote, feral swine, waterfowl and other species in many of its 75 locations.
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Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 13 Sep. 2024
In November 1977, health officials in Russia reported that a human – not swine – H1N1 influenza strain had been detected in Moscow.
—Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2024
And for all her hard work raising the massive swine, Ellingson has won a shiny new belt buckle engraved with her achievement.
—Cameron Duran, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024
House Bill 503, which now goes to the Ohio Senate for consideration, also bans importing, transporting, or releasing feral swine in the state.
—Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 26 June 2024
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Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 13 Sep. 2024
In November 1977, health officials in Russia reported that a human – not swine – H1N1 influenza strain had been detected in Moscow.
—Discover Magazine, 7 Sep. 2024
And for all her hard work raising the massive swine, Ellingson has won a shiny new belt buckle engraved with her achievement.
—Cameron Duran, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024
House Bill 503, which now goes to the Ohio Senate for consideration, also bans importing, transporting, or releasing feral swine in the state.
—Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 26 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for swine
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swine
noun
plural swine
1
: any of a family of stout-bodied short-legged hoofed mammals with a thick bristly skin and a long snout
especially
: a domestic animal developed from the European wild boar and raised for meat
2
: a nasty person
Medical Definition
swine
noun
: any of various stout-bodied short-legged mammals (family Suidae) with a thick bristly skin and a long mobile snout
especially
: a domesticated member of a species (Sus scrofa) that occurs wild in the Old World
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