vulgar
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- adjective
- /ˈvʌlɡər/
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popular
- The exhibition showcased a vulgar display of wealth that shocked the audience.
- the vulgar masses
That too, smacks of the absurd, but on condition it not be taken in the vulgar sense.
- That too, smacks of the absurd, but on condition it not be taken in the vulgar sense.
- For too long has truth language in the vulgar hearts of men.
Examples
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The masses would flock to see such a vulgar spectacle.
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Well, let us be vulgar, then, for a moment.
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All this is only vulgar politics.
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Here, he tells them, these dirty, vulgar miners, that they are just as good as we are!
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Oh, if my love were some ordinary, vulgar society intrigue, you would leave me alone.
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Life had settled for him back into its daily course of vulgar pettiness, just like before the war.
Fiction book (1998) -
And in contrast, traders tend to have vulgar accents.
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I'm a peasant, a vulgar peasant.
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Not all peasants are ignorant, vulgar, greedy, and gluttonous.
Academic text (1991) -
"To support his view, Hone compiled stories of riots and corruption among the 'vulgar and uneducated masses.'
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
The everyday speech of ordinary people in the Roman Empire that became Spanish, French and Italian
- Jargon
A crude, too simple way of explaining society that ignores many important facts
How Common
Surface Forms
Etymology
Vulgar comes from the Latin vulgus, which means 'the common people'. So calling an idea vulgar originally meant it belonged to ordinary people, not to the rich or educated.