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vulgarize
vul·gar·ize V0154300 (vŭl′gə-rīz′)tr.v. vul·gar·ized, vul·gar·iz·ing, vul·gar·iz·es 1. To make vulgar; debase: "What appalls him is the sheer cheesiness of TV iniquity. Television has even vulgarized hell" (Jack Kroll).2. To disseminate widely; popularize. vul′gar·i·za′tion (-gər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.vul′gar·iz′er n.vulgarize (ˈvʌlɡəˌraɪz) or vulgarisevb (tr) 1. to make commonplace or vulgar; debase2. to make (something little known or difficult to understand) widely known or popular among the public; popularize ˌvulgariˈzation, ˌvulgariˈsation n ˈvulgarˌizer, ˈvulgarˌiser nvul•gar•ize (ˈvʌl gəˌraɪz) v.t. -ized, -iz•ing. 1. to make vulgar or coarse; lower; debase. 2. to make (a technical or abstruse work) easier to understand and more widely known; popularize. [1595–1605] vul`gar•i•za′tion, n. vul′gar•iz`er, n. vulgarize Past participle: vulgarized Gerund: vulgarizing
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vulgarize | vulgarize |
Present |
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I vulgarize | you vulgarize | he/she/it vulgarizes | we vulgarize | you vulgarize | they vulgarize |
Preterite |
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I vulgarized | you vulgarized | he/she/it vulgarized | we vulgarized | you vulgarized | they vulgarized |
Present Continuous |
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I am vulgarizing | you are vulgarizing | he/she/it is vulgarizing | we are vulgarizing | you are vulgarizing | they are vulgarizing |
Present Perfect |
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I have vulgarized | you have vulgarized | he/she/it has vulgarized | we have vulgarized | you have vulgarized | they have vulgarized |
Past Continuous |
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I was vulgarizing | you were vulgarizing | he/she/it was vulgarizing | we were vulgarizing | you were vulgarizing | they were vulgarizing |
Past Perfect |
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I had vulgarized | you had vulgarized | he/she/it had vulgarized | we had vulgarized | you had vulgarized | they had vulgarized |
Future |
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I will vulgarize | you will vulgarize | he/she/it will vulgarize | we will vulgarize | you will vulgarize | they will vulgarize |
Future Perfect |
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I will have vulgarized | you will have vulgarized | he/she/it will have vulgarized | we will have vulgarized | you will have vulgarized | they will have vulgarized |
Future Continuous |
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I will be vulgarizing | you will be vulgarizing | he/she/it will be vulgarizing | we will be vulgarizing | you will be vulgarizing | they will be vulgarizing |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been vulgarizing | you have been vulgarizing | he/she/it has been vulgarizing | we have been vulgarizing | you have been vulgarizing | they have been vulgarizing |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been vulgarizing | you will have been vulgarizing | he/she/it will have been vulgarizing | we will have been vulgarizing | you will have been vulgarizing | they will have been vulgarizing |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been vulgarizing | you had been vulgarizing | he/she/it had been vulgarizing | we had been vulgarizing | you had been vulgarizing | they had been vulgarizing |
Conditional |
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I would vulgarize | you would vulgarize | he/she/it would vulgarize | we would vulgarize | you would vulgarize | they would vulgarize |
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I would have vulgarized | you would have vulgarized | he/she/it would have vulgarized | we would have vulgarized | you would have vulgarized | they would have vulgarized | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | vulgarize - cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"popularise, popularize, vulgarise, generalise, generalizepopularise, popularize - make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books"disseminate, pass around, circulate, diffuse, broadcast, circularise, circularize, spread, disperse, propagate, distribute - cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" | | 2. | vulgarize - debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage"vulgarisealter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" | | 3. | vulgarize - act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize"vulgarisebehave, act, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeVulgarizationvulgarize Related to vulgarize: vulgarisation, vulgariser, voluminous, fulgurationSynonyms for vulgarizeverb cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general publicSynonyms- popularise
- popularize
- vulgarise
- generalise
- generalize
Related Words- popularise
- popularize
- disseminate
- pass around
- circulate
- diffuse
- broadcast
- circularise
- circularize
- spread
- disperse
- propagate
- distribute
verb debase and make vulgarSynonymsRelated Wordsverb act in a vulgar mannerSynonymsRelated Words |