hogsty

[hawg-stee, hog-]

hogsty Definition

• 1. a pen or enclosure for swine
• 2. a dirty or untidy place

Using hogsty: Examples

Take a moment to familiarize yourself with how "hogsty" can be used in various situations through the following examples!

• Example

  The farmer built a new hogsty for his pigs.

• Example

  The room was a complete hogsty with clothes and papers strewn everywhere.

hogsty Synonyms and Antonyms

Synonyms for hogsty

• pigpen
• pigsty
• stye
• dump
• mess

Phrases with hogsty

• live in a hogsty

  to live in a very dirty or untidy place

  Example

  I can't believe he lives in such a hogsty.

• make a hogsty of something

  to make something very dirty or untidy

  Example

  The kids made a hogsty of their room while playing.

• hogsty manners

  very bad manners

  Example

  He has hogsty manners and never says please or thank you.

📌

Summary: hogsty in Brief

'Hogsty' [hawg-stee, hog-] refers to a pen or enclosure for swine or a dirty and untidy place. It is often used figuratively to describe messy rooms or bad manners, as in 'The room was a complete hogsty with clothes and papers strewn everywhere.' 'Hogsty' is also used in idiomatic expressions like 'live in a hogsty,' meaning to live in a very dirty or untidy place.