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Type Words
Synonyms common, vernacular


the vulgar tongue of the masses.
the technical and vulgar names for an animal species.
Type Words
Synonyms crude, earthy, gross
Derivation vulgarity


a vulgar gesture.
full of language so vulgar it should have been edited.
Type Words
Synonyms coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth
Derivation vulgarity, vulgarize


appealing to the vulgar taste for violence.
the vulgar display of the newly rich.
Type Words
Synonyms common, plebeian, unwashed
Derivation vulgarize


a vulgar and objectionable person.

Examples of vulgar

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Haney steals the play as the vulgar mother naively desperate for respectability.
From the post-gazette.com
Who would allow vulgar facts to interfere with the economists'darling theories ?
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Perhaps he should be in a show as vulgar and shocking as his normal standup act.
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He could speak tenderly, and with the vulgar voice of a soldier in the trenches.
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I found him to be a very talented man who's personal life was vulgar, and weird.
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This is a grossly cynical, insensitive and downright vulgar observation to make.
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A teacher speaking about his unruly kids may use such vulgar expressions at home.
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It's often funny and extremely vulgar, and both actors seem to be having a gas.
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The writing, while often vulgar, is strong and the voice acting is exceptional.
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  • Coarse: 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 ...
  • Common: 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"
  • Common: 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"
  • Crude: 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"
  • (vulgarity) coarseness: the quality of lacking taste and refinement
  • A vulgarism (from Latin vulgus, the "mean folk"), also called scurrility, is a colloquialism of a low or unrefined character, which substitutes a coarse, indecorous word where the context might lead the reader to expect a more refined expression. ...
  • Vulgar (stylized VULGAR) is the fourth studio album released by Dir En Grey on September 10, 2003 in Japan and on February 21, 2006 in Europe. A limited edition containing an additional DVD was also released. ...
  • Vulgar is a 2000 film, produced by View Askew Productions and featuring a few actors from the View Askewniverse of Kevin Smith. The film is the tale of the mascot, featured in Clerks' opening.
  • Vulgarity is the quality of being common, coarse or unrefined. This judgement may refer to language, visual art, social classes or social climbers. ...