vulgar (Meaning)

Wordnet

vulgar (s)

lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

of or associated with the great masses of people

being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

Webster

vulgar (a.)

Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people; common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use; vernacular.

Belonging or relating to the common people, as distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished; hence, sometimes, of little or no value.

Hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish; also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low; coarse; mean; base; as, vulgar men, minds, language, or manners.

Webster

vulgar (n.)

One of the common people; a vulgar person.

The vernacular, or common language.

vulgar Sentence Examples

  1. His vulgar language offended everyone in the room.
  2. The comedian's jokes were often crude and vulgar.
  3. She was taken aback by his vulgar behavior at the dinner party.
  4. The graffiti on the wall was vulgar and obscene.
  5. The movie was criticized for its vulgar depiction of women.
  6. He had a habit of making vulgar gestures when he was angry.
  7. The politician's comments were deemed vulgar and inappropriate.
  8. The novel contained several vulgar scenes that some readers found offensive.
  9. The dress she wore to the event was considered vulgar by traditional standards.
  10. Despite her talent, she was often dismissed as vulgar because of her working-class background.

FAQs About the word vulgar

lacking refinement or cultivation or taste, of or associated with the great masses of people, being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language, co

lumpen, lowly, humble, ignoble, inferior, plebeian, low-life, unwashed, lower-class, proletarian

noble, upper-class, genteel, high, lofty, gentle, patrician, lofty, high, gentle

His vulgar language offended everyone in the room.

The comedian's jokes were often crude and vulgar.

She was taken aback by his vulgar behavior at the dinner party.

The graffiti on the wall was vulgar and obscene.