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English adjective: vulgar | |||
| 1. | vulgar lacking refinement or cultivation or taste | ||
| Samples | He had coarse manners but a first-rate mind. Behavior that branded him as common. An untutored and uncouth human being. An uncouth soldier--a real tough guy. Appealing to the vulgar taste for violence. The vulgar display of the newly rich. | ||
| Synonyms | coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth | ||
| Similar | unrefined | ||
| Antonyms | refined | ||
| 2. | vulgar of or associated with the great masses of people | ||
| Samples | The common people in those days suffered greatly. Behavior that branded him as common. His square plebeian nose. A vulgar and objectionable person. The unwashed masses. | ||
| Synonyms | common, plebeian, unwashed | ||
| Similar | lowborn | ||
| Antonyms | noble | ||
| 3. | vulgar being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language | ||
| Samples | Common parlance. A vernacular term. Vernacular speakers. The vulgar tongue of the masses. The technical and vulgar names for an animal species. | ||
| Synonyms | common, vernacular | ||
| Similar | informal | ||
| Antonyms | formal | ||
| 4. | vulgar conspicuously and tastelessly indecent | ||
| Samples | Coarse language. A crude joke. Crude behavior. An earthy sense of humor. A revoltingly gross expletive. A vulgar gesture. Full of language so vulgar it should have been edited. | ||
| Synonyms | crude, earthy, gross | ||
| Similar | indecent | ||
| Antonyms | decent | ||
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