pigsty

noun

ˈpig-ˌstī How to pronounce pigsty (audio)
Definition of pigstynext
as in dump
a dirty or messy place the frat house was a pigsty the morning after the bacchanal

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Recent Examples of pigsty De Wet claims Olivier then ordered him to dispose of their bodies in a pigsty — an act prosecutors believe was meant to destroy evidence. — Christina Coulter, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025 Regard your property as an investment in a pigsty, and visitors will treat it thus. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025 And the ungrateful pig got a solid slap from the pigsty owners. — Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025 The millions of gallons of waste that the pigs generated each year stank horribly and polluted the air and water, turning an otherwise pleasant town into a pigsty. — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025 Using a nearly monochromatic mix of black ink and photographic stills, Kantor imagines the moment when Haim escaped a group of Nazis by hiding in a pigsty. — Peter Debruge, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024 The authorities raided his hospital, killed one of his co-workers, and threw the battered body of another into a pigsty for the hogs to devour. — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024 Authorities imprisoned many imams and converted many mosques into barns, warehouses, and even pigsties. — Haiyun Ma, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigsty
  1. dump
  2. mess
  3. pigpen
  4. sty
  5. hole
  6. hellhole
Noun
  • For an American audience accustomed to massive three-row crossovers and premium haulers, the E-Space dumps the faux-off-road aesthetic of modern SUVs.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Alongside the dump, NASA also released a trio of documents that help supplement the trove of unfiltered data.
    — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of dump
Noun
  • But the mess took a turn when the Guardians announced a slight change in the tickets for the game.
    — Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The entirety of the toppings tumble off the dog with the first bite, but the mess is worth it.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of mess
Noun
  • Rainn Wilson, the actor who portrayed him, has a pigpen.
    — Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Police came back the next day and found the boy's remains in the family's pigpen.
    — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
Definition of pigpen
Noun
  • The result leaves nearly every performer fumbling for traction in Serkis and Stoller’s muddy-yet-gutless cinematic sty.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026
  • In 1981, he was elected mayor, if not quite the Zohran Mamdani of the Reagan revolution (Mamdani won by two hundred thousand votes, not ten), then at least a sty in the Gipper’s eye.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Definition of sty
Noun
  • His unit had shown holes in the secondary, ranking 131st in the country in pass defense.
    — Noah White, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Joe Jackson ran for 159 yards and a touchdown, Avery Johnson threw for 203 yards and another score, and the Wildcats overcame a multitude of mistakes while rallying from an early 10-point hole to keep nearly two decades of dominance going.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of hole
Noun
  • This all started back in April when Black trans manager and bartender Olivia Rhodes claimed that the place was a hellhole for gays to work.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The communists want to turn America into a Third World country, into a hellhole of crime and filth.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of hellhole

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