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vulgar

/ˈvʌl.ɡɚ/adjective2 syllables

Vulgar means: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste.

Synonyms for vulgar29

adjective, as in lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, unrefined

adjective, as in of or associated with the great masses of people

common, plebeian, unwashed, lowborn

adjective, as in conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

crude, earthy, gross, indecent

adjective, as in being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

common, vernacular, informal

also used for vulgar

inappropriate, debased, offensive, ignoble, mean, profane, crass, popular, vulgate, vulgarized, customary, ordinary, typical, average, medial

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What does vulgar mean?4

adjective

1

lacking refinement or cultivation or taste“he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind”

2

of or associated with the great masses of people“the common people in those days suffered greatly”

3

conspicuously and tastelessly indecent“coarse language”

4

being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language“common parlance”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Vulgar in a sentence

  • Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.inastar
  • You could say it that way, but it's quite vulgar.FeuDRenais2
  • I don't mean to be vulgar, but your arrogant comments have really annoyed me.Jenn
  • The language isn't vulgar, it's the people who are.weirdie
  • I am fed up with his vulgar jokes.CM
  • Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.inastar
  • Live can so easily degenerate into something sordid and vulgar.nolongerhuman
  • He regularly resorts to vulgar language with her.Nuel

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Forms of vulgar

as a adjective

comparative
vulgarer
superlative
vulgarest