porkish

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Canada, US/ˈpɔɹkɪʃ/

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of pork.

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Meanings

adjectiveporkish (comparative more porkish, superlative most porkish)

comparative more porkish · superlative most porkish

  1. Resembling or characteristic of pork.
  2. colloquialPlump.

    Synonyms: chubby, chunky, podgy, tubby

  3. informalSelfish.

    Synonyms: egocentric, self-centered, solipsistic, egocentric, egoistical, every man for himself, idiocentric, individualistic

  4. USinformalgovernmentRelating to pork barrel funding.

    Congressional leaders are frank about using their clout for porkish purposes, and DeLay is no exception.

    2002, Newsweek, volume 40

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivePlump.

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chubbychunkypodgytubby

adjectiveSelfish.

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egocentricself-centeredsolipsisticegocentricegoisticalevery man for himselfidiocentricindividualisticinterestedreptilianselfishselflikeselfsomeself-absorbedself-centeredself-interestedself-mindedself-seekingself-serving
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egocentricegoisticalevery man for himselfidiocentricindividualisticinterestedself-absorbedself-centeredself-interestedselfishselflikeself-mindedself-seekingself-servingselfsomesolipsistic

Origin

From pork + -ish.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with porkish

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Cite this entry
APA

porkish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porkish

MLA

“porkish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porkish. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “porkish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/porkish.

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