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vulgar

vulgar

52 6.1
Showing little good taste or refinement in style
  • adjective
  • /ˈvʌlɡər/
translation icon : vulgar
  • The movie was filled with vulgar language that offended many viewers.
  • coarse and vulgar
  • vulgar materialism

I said, oh, I think it's very crass and vulgar and, you know, blah, blah, blah.

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Examples

  • And you know that some of them are vulgar and some of them have utter poor taste and some of them are creepy.

  • Feelings ever more vulgar, behavior ever more polite, and thoughts ever more trivial.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Not now, you vulgar person.

  • And it continued along these lines and it gets significantly, significantly more vulgar, a lot more vulgar.

  • And even now you may think it vulgar of me to be sitting here seemingly doing good.

  • Two people starving, and all this vulgar show!

  • We have not survived so that we might waste our years in vulgar vanities.

  • Those comments were disgusting and vulgar and he would have supported and voted for Harris Walls ticket.

  • Laughter has been objected to as vulgar because, in laughing, the mouth is open wide and the teeth are shown.

    Academic text (2009)
  • I understand that he's brash and he's vulgar and he's non presidential.

Synonyms

dirty
vsvulgar
  • Offensive
309 6.4

Containing rude sexual words

covers broader unrefined or tasteless behaviour beyond sexual material
gross
vsvulgar
  • Informal
280 2.3

Very unpleasant and making you feel sick or disgusted

refers to poor taste and lack of refinement rather than only disgust
vile
vsvulgar
157 5.0

Very bad and morally wrong

describes tastelessness and lack of refinement rather than severe moral wickedness
rough
vsvulgar
114 3.9

Not polite, showing rude or harsh behavior

focuses more on bad taste in style and manners than simple unpolished behaviour
foul
vsvulgar
  • NSFW
90 4.7

Containing rude or offensive language

is about lack of refinement in manners or style rather than mere obscenity
filthy
vsvulgar
86 4.1

A person or action that is very bad and dishonest

is milder, focusing on social bad taste rather than deep moral blame
crude
vsvulgar
  • Offensive
45 5.1

Being rude and offensive, often about sex

is less about direct indecency and more about general bad taste
lewd
vsvulgar
  • Offensive
33 7.4

Sexually offensive or indecent in a way that shocks people

focuses on tasteless manners or style rather than sexual suggestion
racy
vsvulgar
  • NSFW
18 7.9

Slightly shocking because it talks about sex in a rude or funny way

expresses stronger tastelessness in manners or style
raunchy
vsvulgar
  • Offensive
17 8.6

Content about sex that is rude and shocking

refers to general lack of refinement not limited to sexual explicitness
coarse
vsvulgar
  • Offensive
14 4.2

Rude in behaviour or style, showing little politeness and bad taste

is more about tastelessness or offensiveness in manners and style
uncouth
vsvulgar
  • Offensive
10 8.4

Not polite or well behaved in a rough way

is about tasteless style more than merely poor manners
indelicate
vsvulgar
7 7.1

Saying or doing something rude that upsets people

applies more widely to tastelessness beyond mere sensitivity issues
rough-cut
vsvulgar
6.8

Not polished in style or manners

is about poor taste in manners or social behaviour rather than polish

Antonyms

279 6.8

A machine or system with many advanced parts and careful design

5 5.1

A person who likes and understands art, music, and books

refined
  • Formal
4 4.1

Showing elegant, polite manners and good taste

Compounds

Vulgar Latin
  • Specialized
9.9

The everyday speech of ordinary people in the Roman Empire that became Spanish, French and Italian

9.9

A crude, too simple way of explaining society that ignores many important facts

vulgar term
  • Offensive
9.8

A rude word about sex or body parts

How Unrefined

crude
  • Offensive
45 5.1
vulgar
52 6.1
coarse
  • Offensive
14 4.2

Surface Forms

vulgar positive
vulgarer comparative
vulgarest superlative

Etymology

Vulgar comes from the Latin vulgus, 'the common people', and because everyday things were often seen as simple, vulgar came to mean 'not refined' or in poor taste. That's why people call coarse manners or loud decorations vulgar today.