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vulgar
[ vuhl-ger ]
adjective
- characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste:
vulgar ostentation.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- indecent; obscene; lewd:
a vulgar work; a vulgar gesture.
- crude; coarse; unrefined:
a vulgar peasant.
Synonyms: ,
- of, relating to, or constituting the ordinary people in a society:
the vulgar masses.
- current; popular; common:
a vulgar success; vulgar beliefs.
- spoken by, or being in the language spoken by, the people generally; vernacular:
vulgar tongue.
Synonyms:
- lacking in distinction, aesthetic value, or charm; banal; ordinary:
a vulgar painting.
noun
- Archaic. the common people.
- Obsolete. the vernacular.
vulgar
/ ˈʌɡə /
adjective
- marked by lack of taste, culture, delicacy, manners, etc
vulgar language
vulgar behaviour
- often capital; usually prenominal denoting a form of a language, esp of Latin, current among common people, esp at a period when the formal language is archaic and not in general spoken use
- archaic.
- of, relating to, or current among the great mass of common people, in contrast to the educated, cultured, or privileged; ordinary
- ( as collective noun; preceded by the )
the vulgar
Usage Note
Derived Forms
- ˈܱ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܱg· adverb
- ܱg·Ա noun
- ܲ·ܱg adjective
- un·ܱg· adverb
- un·ܱg·Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of vulgar1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“The short answer is speech, even the vulgar and disgusting speech that this guy is using, is protected by our Constitution,” he said.
Their mischievous, vulgar entertainments are essentially mainstream, though this may just be because their movies have redefined what is mainstream — “movies,” not “films.”
From myriad vectors, media outlets put women in their place for being uppity, incompetent, or vulgar.
The mishmash of letters created a different word altogether — one that just so happens to be a vulgar term for “breasts” in Spanish.
Perhaps the most vulgar thing that Trump did was to assert that divine intervention, in essence, God, prevented an assassination so that he could make America great again.
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