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 And the ungrateful pig got a solid slap from the pigsty owners. — Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025 Regard your property as an investment in a pigsty, and visitors will treat it thus. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigsty
  1. dump
  2. mess
  3. pigpen
  4. sty
  5. hole
  6. hellhole
Noun
  • Included in the photo dump is a glimpse into her ongoing romance with hypnotherapist Jim Curtis.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 2 July 2026
  • This isn't intended to be a trauma dump, inspire jealousy, or make your significant other act as your therapist.
    — Sabrina Romanoff, CNBC, 29 June 2026
Definition of dump
Noun
  • The coach inherited a mess and wiped the slate clean with 40-plus transfers.
    — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • Melting suet turns rancid fast and creates a mess of bird plumage.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 July 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
  • Mozeliak said the Angels should not consider a trade proposal in isolation, without considering how to flex their major-market muscles to fill whatever hole a trade might create.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • The difference between these two measurements gives the exciton binding energy, a key quantity that determines how strongly the electron and hole remain bound together.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026
Definition of hole
Noun
  • Newsom defended California against Republican attacks — and common mindsets throughout much of America — that the Golden State is a socialist hellhole of high taxes, unaffordable living and rampant crime.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Max believes that the exit out of this hellhole will be in the memory of the moment Henry trapped your mind.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2025
Definition of hellhole

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“Pigsty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigsty. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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