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vulgar
[ vuhl-ger ]
adjective
- characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste:
vulgar ostentation.
- indecent; obscene; lewd:
a vulgar work; a vulgar gesture.
- crude; coarse; unrefined:
a vulgar peasant.
- 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: colloquial
- lacking in distinction, aesthetic value, or charm; banal; ordinary:
a vulgar painting.
noun
- Archaic. the common people.
- Obsolete. the vernacular.
vulgar
/ ˈvʌlɡə /
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
- ˈvulgarly, adverb
Other Words From
- vulgar·ly adverb
- vulgar·ness noun
- un·vulgar adjective
- un·vulgar·ly adverb
- un·vulgar·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of vulgar1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
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.
It’s very difficult because I’m judged a lot for being vulgar or people say that I only talk about sex.
It’s impossible not to admire the complex, sophisticated work in this scene, which is so beautifully constructed that it defies whatever vulgar, less refined terms that may be used to define it going forward.
But beginning with Ronald Reagan and his successful appeal to the vulgar, the ignorant and the vain, it quickly became apparent Nixon was not an anomaly among our leaders.
The show was so bawdy — almost vulgar in a really fun way.
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