vul·gar (v l g r)adj. 1. Crudely indecent. 2. a. Deficient in taste, delicacy, or refinement. b. Marked by a lack of good breeding; boorish. See Synonyms at common. c. Offensively excessive in self-display or expenditure; ostentatious: the huge vulgar houses and cars of the newly rich. 3. Spoken by or expressed in language spoken by the common people; vernacular: the technical and vulgar names for an animal species. 4. Of or associated with the great masses of people; common. [Middle English, from Latin vulg  ris, from vulgus, the common people.]vul gar·ly adv.vul gar·ness n.Word History: The word vulgar now brings to mind off-color jokes and offensive epithets, but it once had more neutral meanings. Vulgar is an example of pejoration, the process by which a word develops negative meanings over time. The ancestor of vulgar, the Latin word vulg ris (from vulgus, "the common people"), meant "of or belonging to the common people, everyday," as well as "belonging to or associated with the lower orders." Vulgris also meant "ordinary," "common (of vocabulary, for example)," and "shared by all." An extension of this meaning was "sexually promiscuous," a sense that could have led to the English sense of "indecent." Our word, first recorded in a work composed in 1391, entered English during the Middle English period, and in Middle English and later English we find not only the senses of the Latin word mentioned above but also related senses. What is common may be seen as debased, and in the 17th century we begin to find instances of vulgar that make explicit what had been implicit. Vulgar then came to mean "deficient in taste, delicacy, or refinement." From such uses vulgar has continued to go downhill, and at present "crudely indecent" is among the commonest senses of the word. |
vulgar
Adjective
1. showing lack of good taste, decency, or refinement: vulgar tabloid sensationalism
2. denoting a form of a language spoken by the ordinary people, rather than the literary form [Latin vulgus the common people]
vulgarly adv
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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"unrefined - (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"lowborn - 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" informal - 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" indecent - offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture" |
vulgar
adjective 1. tasteless, common, flashy, low, gross, nasty, gaudy, tawdry, cheap and nasty, common as muck << OPPOSITE tasteful
Translations
adj vulgar [ˈvalgə]
1 not generally socially acceptable, decent or polite; ill-mannered Such behaviour is regarded as vulgar. vulgêr فَظ، خَشِن вулгарен vulgární plat; vulgær vulgär χυδαίος, χοντροκομμένος (μτφ.) vulgar, ordinario labane بی ادب؛ زننده sivistymätön vulgaire גַס असंस्कृत prostački, vulgaran közönséges, trágár, vulgáris tidak sopan, kasar grófur, óheflaður; lágkúrulegur volgare 卑俗な 상스러운, 천한 vulgarus vulgārs; piedauzīgs; prasts tdk beradab plat vulgær, grov wulgarny ordinário vulgar вульгарный hrubý, neotesaný, vulgárny nespodoben, prostaški vulgaran vulgär หยาบคาย kaba, terbiyesiz 粗陋的, 粗俗的, 庸俗的 грубий, вульгарний بازاري thiếu tế nhị, tầm thường 粗陋的, 粗俗的, 庸俗的
2 of the common or ordinary people the vulgar tongue/language. gewoon شَعْبي، الناس العاديين прост lidový simpel Volks-... κοινός, λαϊκός vulgar harimatu عامیانه sivistymätön vulgaire הֲמוֹנִי अशिष्ट prostački, vulgaran köz- orang kebanyakan alþÿðu- volgare 一般大衆の 대중의, 서민층의 paprastas, liaudiškas tautas-; prasts kasar volks{#169} almue(språk), folke- pospolity, trywialny vulgar popular простонародный ľudový, obyčajný ljudski vulgaran vanlig, allmän, folklig ที่ขาดความประณีต kaba, hoşa gitmez 普通的 простонародний; плебейський عاميانہ khiếm nhã, tục tĩu 普通的
adv vulgarly
vulgariteit بسوقِيَّه، بِفَظاظَه долно lidově; vulgárně plat; vulgært; simpelt vulgär χυδαία vurgalmente labaselt بطور بی ادبانه sivistymättömästi vulgairement בְּגַסוּת अशिष्टता से, गंवारूपन से prostački, vulgarno közönségesen (szólva) secara tidak sopan, kasar lágkúrulega volgarmente 俗に 상스럽게, 천하게 vulgariai vulgāri; prasti dgn kasar ordinair vulgært wulgarnie vulgarmente (în mod) vulgar вульгарно ľudovo; vulgárne vulgarno vulgarno vulgärt อย่างมีคุณภาพต่ำลง kabaca, terbiyesizce 粗陋地, 通俗地, 庸俗地 вульгарно عاميانہ انداز ميں tầm thường,khiếm nhã, tục tĩu 粗陋地, 通俗地, 庸俗地
n vulˈgarity [-ˈgӕ-]
(an example of) bad manners, bad taste etc, in eg speech, behaviour etc the vulgarity of his language. vulgariteit سوقِيَّه، فَظاظَه простащина hrubost plathed; simpelhed; vulgaritet die Ungeschliffenheit χυδαιότητα vulgaridad vulgaarsus بی نزاکتی؛ پستی sivistymättömyys vulgarité גַסוּת अशिष्टता prostakluk, vulgarnost közönségesség ketidaksopanan, kekasaran lágkúra, dónaskapur volgarità 俗悪 속됨, 상스러움 vulgarumas vulgaritāte; prastums kekasaran grofheid simpelhet, tarvelighet wulgarność vulgaridade vulgaritate вульгарность hrubosť, vulgárnosť vulgarnost vulgarnost vulgaritet ความหยาบคาย terbiyesizlik, kabalık 粗野行為 вульгарність سوقيت، اوچھا پن tính thô tục 粗野行为
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