vulgar

vul·gar

V0153900 (vŭl′gər)adj.1. a. Crudely indecent: a vulgar joke.b. Deficient in taste, consideration, or refinement: "that vulgar jockeying for position around the bedside of the gravely ill" (Susan Sontag).c. Given to crudity or tastelessness, as in one's behavior: "He relentlessly vilified the studio executives as vulgar, ignorant hoodlums" (Marion Meade).d. Offensively excessive in self-display or expenditure; ostentatious: the huge vulgar houses and cars of the newly rich.2. Spoken by or expressed in language spoken by the common people; vernacular: the technical and vulgar names for an animal species.3. Of or associated with the great masses of people; common.

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[Middle English, of or relating to the common people, from Latin vulgāris, from vulgus, the common people.]

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vul′gar·ly adv.vul′gar·ness n.

vulgar

(ˈvʌlɡə) adj1. marked by lack of taste, culture, delicacy, manners, etc: vulgar behaviour; vulgar language. 2. (Linguistics) (often capital; usually prenominal) denoting a form of a language, esp of Latin, current among common people, esp at a period when the formal language is archaic and not in general spoken use3. archaic a. of, relating to, or current among the great mass of common people, in contrast to the educated, cultured, or privileged; ordinaryb. (as collective noun; preceded by the): the vulgar. [C14: from Latin vulgāris belonging to the multitude, from vulgus the common people] ˈvulgarly adv

vul•gar

(ˈvʌl gər)

adj. 1. characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste: vulgar ostentation. 2. indecent; obscene; lewd: a vulgar gesture. 3. lacking in refinement; crude; coarse; boorish. 4. of, pertaining to, or constituting the ordinary people in a society. 5. spoken by, or being in the language spoken by, the people generally; vernacular. 6. current; popular; common: vulgar beliefs. 7. lacking in distinction or aesthetic value; banal; ordinary. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin vulgāris=vulg(us) the general public + -āris -ar¹] vul′gar•ly, adv. vul′gar•ness, n. syn: See common.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	vulgar - lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "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"rough-cut, uncouth, coarse, commonunrefined - (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?"
	2.	vulgar - of or associated with the great masses of people; "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"plebeian, unwashed, commonlowborn - of humble birth or origins; "a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor"
	3.	vulgar - being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"vernacular, commoninformal - used of spoken and written language
	4.	vulgar - conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "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"earthy, crude, grossindecent - offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture"

vulgar

adjective1. tasteless, common, flashy, low, gross, nasty, gaudy, tawdry, cheap and nasty, common as muck The decor is ugly, tasteless and vulgar.
tasteless elegant, tasteful, high-brow, classical2. crude, dirty, rude, low, blue, nasty, naughty, coarse, indecent, improper, suggestive, tasteless, risqué, off colour, ribald, indelicate, indecorous an oaf with a taste for racist and vulgar jokes3. uncouth, boorish, unrefined, impolite, ill-bred, unmannerly He was a vulgar old man, but he never swore in front of women.
uncouth sophisticated, refined, polite, upper-class, aristocratic, genteel, urbane, decorous, well-mannered4. vernacular, native, common, general, ordinary translated from Latin into the vulgar tongueQuotations
"It's worse than wicked, my dear, it's vulgar" Punch

vulgar

adjective1. Lacking high station or birth:baseborn, common, déclassé, declassed, humble, ignoble, lowly, mean, plebeian, unwashed.Archaic: base.2. Lacking in delicacy or refinement:barbarian, barbaric, boorish, churlish, coarse, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, indelicate, philistine, rough, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined.3. Offensive to accepted standards of decency:barnyard, bawdy, broad, coarse, dirty, Fescennine, filthy, foul, gross, lewd, nasty, obscene, profane, ribald, scatologic, scatological, scurrilous, smutty.Slang: raunchy.

Translations

粗俗的粗陋的庸俗的普通的

vulgar

(ˈvalgə) adjective1. not generally socially acceptable, decent or polite; ill-mannered. Such behaviour is regarded as vulgar. 粗俗的, 低級的 粗陋的，粗俗的，庸俗的 2. of the common or ordinary people. the vulgar tongue/language. 普通的，通俗的 普通的ˈvulgarly adverb 粗俗地, 低級地 粗陋地，通俗地，庸俗地 vulˈgarity (-ˈgӕ-) – plural vulˈgarities – noun (an example of) bad manners, bad taste etc, in eg speech, behaviour etc. the vulgarity of his language. 粗俗 粗俗，粗野行为

vulgar

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