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
It was a thing — a random, vulgar thing — and it could have exploded into an even bigger story.
This odd Super Bowl will bring us together for a day. Let’s not take that for granted. | Jerry Brewer | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostMeredith, who prosecutors said had a history of drug use and mental illness, texted a friend vulgar, misogynistic messages in which he threatened to shoot both women, according to court records.
Two Virginia police officers, man in ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweatshirt arrested in Capitol riot | Spencer Hsu, Rachel Weiner, Hannah Knowles | January 14, 2021 | Washington PostIt has become a mantra that has been repeated to the point where it has become a vulgar term to us.
It was the first time in his life that he had been what is vulgarly known as "over head and ears in love."
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxIt is of the same kind as the "Rowan," or mountain ash, which was and even now is vulgarly worn as a remedy against witchcraft.
Notes and Queries for Worcestershire | John Noake
Many insects vulgarly supposed to be different species are but males and females of one race seeking each other for mating.
The Natural Philosophy of Love | Remy de GourmontBy the natives it is vulgarly called abon duchem, or, father long-beard.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsBut yet not ready to admit sundry divinations vulgarly raised upon them.
Current Superstitions | 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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