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vulgarity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | coarseness, commonness, grossness, raunch, vulgarism |
| Type of | inelegance |
| Derivation | vulgar |
Examples of vulgarity
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Ridiculous, his palate wasn't refined enough to taste the vulgarity of the brew.
From the newsobserver.com
One of the ingredients that set Halpern's Twitter feed apart was its vulgarity.
From the thenewstribune.com
Though quite ugly enough, it has been ruched into scallops for maximum vulgarity.
From the nzherald.co.nz
He pushes us away from vulgarity and forces us to rediscover our French classics.
From the nytimes.com
He criticised Mr Fox's vulgarity, and his habit of resorting to personal attacks.
From the economist.com
China's culture minister, Cai Wu, joined the attack on vulgarity on August 6th.
From the economist.com
Again that contrast of vulgarity and brazen that Glasgow thrives and revels in.
From the guardian.co.uk
The seductive vulgarity of authoritarian power is at once puckish and perturbing.
From the latimes.com
Schumer, understated, a better fit for the sketch format than vulgarity often is.
From the tv.nytimes.com
- Coarseness: the quality of lacking taste and refinement
- (vulgar) 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 ...
- (vulgar) 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"
- (vulgar) 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"
- (vulgar) 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 is the quality of being common, coarse or unrefined. This judgement may refer to language, visual art, social classes or social climbers. ...
- (Vulgar) 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 (album)) 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 (movie)) 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.
