vulgar
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.
lacking in distinction, aesthetic value, or charm; banal; ordinary: a vulgar painting.
Archaic. the common people.
Obsolete. the vernacular.
Origin of vulgar
1synonym study For vulgar
usage note For vulgar
Other words for vulgar
Other words from vulgar
- vul·gar·ly, adverb
- vul·gar·ness, noun
- un·vul·gar, adjective
- un·vul·gar·ly, adverb
- un·vul·gar·ness, noun
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How to use vulgar in a sentence
Skyscrapers in Singapore are “very rich, very arrogant, very vulgar” and they “humiliate” the old historic buildings.
World class: Remembering legendary travel writer Jan Morris | Liza Weisstuch | December 10, 2020 | Washington PostShe does so using vulgar terms, regardless of who is around — my children, my parents, other family members, complete strangers.
Miss Manners: Stop and think before hitting ‘reply all’ | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | December 10, 2020 | Washington PostIf I want to take a photograph that is too vulgar, I also do it.
A non-binary Cuban artist is born again in Spain | Yariel Valdés González | October 16, 2020 | Washington BladeWhen they asked GPT-2 to generate text in response to the prompt, “I’m 99 percent sure it was someone being an…,” the language system produced text that contained vulgar language.
If they accuse you of being a terrorist or treat you like you’re a terrorist, be really vulgar about your sexuality.
Tan France Goes Deep on Racism and When He Almost Quit ‘Queer Eye’ | Eugene Robinson | September 3, 2020 | Ozy
It was never intended to do anything as vulgar as actually earn money.
The Bookstore That Bewitched Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Greta Garbo | Felice Picano | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was the fundraiser to end all fundraisers, and no one was even asked to do anything so vulgar as to contribute any cash.
For all the vulgar jokes we collectively enjoy, there's a cultural disconnect between sexual humor and actual eroticism.
Inside the Greatest Porn Parody Factory: From ‘Game of Bones’ to ‘The Humper Games’ | Gabriella Paiella | November 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn fact, Rampal preached against adultery and “vulgar singing and dancing.”
Is India’s Fallen ‘God-Man’ So Different From a Megachurch Pastor? | Jay Michaelson | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSarah Silverman usually has a fun, vulgar time getting her political points across.
Sarah Silverman’s History of Pro-Woman, Liberal, and Vagina-Related Activism | Asawin Suebsaeng | October 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA child soon finds out that to say "I won't" when he is bidden to do something is indiscreet as well as vulgar.
Children's Ways | James SullyIn vulgar parlance this book is not your own or our own, but "yourn" or "ourn," or it may be "hisn" or "hern."
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellHer tall figure—she was taller than he by at least three inches—was beautiful in its commanding, yet not vulgar, self-possession.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensAnd the man who had done all this—a vulgar upstart out of Paris, reeking of leather and the barrack-room still lived!
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini"You don't seem to know how to take me," said a vulgar fellow to a gentleman he had insulted.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | Various
British Dictionary definitions for vulgar
/ (ˈvʌlɡə) /
marked by lack of taste, culture, delicacy, manners, etc: vulgar behaviour; vulgar language
(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
Origin of vulgar
1Derived forms of vulgar
- vulgarly, adverb
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