vulgar
adjective
characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste.
vulgarly
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a word derived from
vulgar.
Example Sentences
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The Chargers came to Sin City and were criminally and vulgarly bad Thursday, their performance the most embarrassing since the franchise moved from San Diego.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
Zaslavsky’s takedown of “Lady Macbeth” is vulgarly imaginative, centering on Shostakovich’s desire to “tickle the perverted tastes of bourgeois audiences with its twitching, screeching, neurasthenic music.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
“These men drive around in Maseratis and Ferraris. They are vulgarly rich. They have connections within the government. They have everyone by their side,” Egyptian filmmaker Shady Noor said.
From Fox News ● Aug. 3, 2020
He was sometimes critical of the cuisine and once vulgarly complained about the flatulence produced by powdered orange juice.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2018
In Dallas, Texas, for instance, the then Vice President and Mrs. Johnson were vulgarly insulted.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
