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Hoggishness (Noun)

Meaning

An excessive desire for food.

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Examples

  • His hoggishness was on full display as he cleared the buffet table of its remaining edible offerings.
  • The reality TV show's focus on contestants' ability to gorge themselves highlighted their extreme hoggishness.
  • Despite being a wealthy family, they never lost their hoggishness and would take anything edible they thought others weren't going to eat.
  • Their food festival was overcast by the hoggishness of one of the judges, who ate half the entries before others could even taste.
  • As the last surviving heir to a great fortune, his great wealth couldn't compensate for his poverty of self-control and hoggishness.

Synonyms

  • Greediness
  • Piggishness

Hypernyms

  • Gluttony

Related Words

  • Hoggish (adjective)
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