vulgar

vul·gar  (vlgr)

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.

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[Middle English, from Latin vulgris, from vulgus, the common people.]

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vulgar·ly adv.

vulgar·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 vulgris (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.

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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

Thesaurus

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" rough-cut, uncouth, coarse, common 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" plebeian, unwashed, common 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" vernacular, common 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" earthy, crude, gross indecent - offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture"

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vulgar

adjective 1. tasteless, common, flashy, low, gross, nasty, gaudy, tawdry, cheap and nasty, common as muck << OPPOSITE tasteful

adjective 2. crude, dirty, rude, low, blue, nasty, naughty, coarse, indecent, improper, suggestive, tasteless, risqué, off colour, ribald, indelicate, indecorous

3. uncouth, boorish, unrefined, impolite, ill-bred, unmannerly << OPPOSITE refined

adjective 4. vernacular, native, common, general, ordinary

Translations

vulgar [ˈvʌlgəʳ] adj (= rude) → ordinario, grosero (= in bad taste); de mal gusto

vulgar [ˈvʌlgəʳ] adj → vulgaire

vulgar [ˈvʌlgəʳ] adj (remarks, gestures) → vulgär;

(decor, ostentation) → geschmacklos

vulgar [ˈvʌlgəʳ] adj → volgare

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vulgar

adj vulgar [ˈvalgə]

1 not generally socially acceptable, decent or polite; ill-mannered Such behaviour is regarded as vulgar.vulgêrفَظ، خَشِنвулгаренvulgárníplat; vulgærvulgärχυδαίος, χοντροκομμένος (μτφ.)vulgar, ordinariolabaneبی ادب؛ زنندهsivistymätönvulgaireגַסअसंस्कृतprostački, vulgaranközönséges, trágár, vulgáristidak sopan, kasargrófur, óheflaður; lágkúrulegurvolgare卑俗な상스러운, 천한vulgarusvulgārs; piedauzīgs; praststdk beradabplatvulgær, grovwulgarnyordináriovulgarвульгарныйhrubý, neotesaný, vulgárnynespodoben, prostaškivulgaranvulgärหยาบคายkaba, terbiyesiz粗陋的, 粗俗的, 庸俗的грубий, вульгарнийبازاريthiếu tế nhị, tầm thường粗陋的, 粗俗的, 庸俗的

2 of the common or ordinary people the vulgar tongue/language.gewoonشَعْبي، الناس العاديينпростlidovýsimpelVolks-...κοινός, λαϊκόςvulgarharimatuعامیانهsivistymätönvulgaireהֲמוֹנִיअशिष्टprostački, vulgaranköz-orang kebanyakanalþÿðu-volgare一般大衆の대중의, 서민층의paprastas, liaudiškastautas-; prastskasarvolks{#169}almue(språk), folke-pospolity, trywialnyvulgarpopularпростонародныйľudový, obyčajnýljudskivulgaranvanlig, allmän, folkligที่ขาดความประณีตkaba, hoşa gitmez普通的простонародний; плебейськийعاميانہkhiếm nhã, tục tĩu普通的

adv ˈvulgarly

vulgariteitبسوقِيَّه، بِفَظاظَهдолноlidově; vulgárněplat; vulgært; simpeltvulgärχυδαίαvurgalmentelabaseltبطور بی ادبانهsivistymättömästivulgairementבְּגַסוּתअशिष्टता से, गंवारूपन सेprostački, vulgarnoközönségesen (szólva)secara tidak sopan, kasarlágkúrulegavolgarmente俗に상스럽게, 천하게vulgariaivulgāri; prastidgn kasarordinairvulgærtwulgarnievulgarmente(în mod) vulgarвульгарноľudovo; vulgárnevulgarnovulgarnovulgärtอย่างมีคุณภาพต่ำลงkabaca, terbiyesizce粗陋地, 通俗地, 庸俗地вульгарноعاميانہ انداز ميںtầm 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.vulgariteitسوقِيَّه، فَظاظَهпростащинаhrubostplathed; simpelhed; vulgaritetdie Ungeschliffenheitχυδαιότηταvulgaridadvulgaarsusبی نزاکتی؛ پستیsivistymättömyysvulgaritéגַסוּתअशिष्टताprostakluk, vulgarnostközönségességketidaksopanan, kekasaranlágkúra, dónaskapurvolgarità俗悪속됨, 상스러움vulgarumasvulgaritāte; prastumskekasarangrofheidsimpelhet, tarvelighetwulgarnośćvulgaridadevulgaritateвульгарностьhrubosť, vulgárnosťvulgarnostvulgarnostvulgaritetความหยาบคายterbiyesizlik, kabalık粗野行為вульгарністьسوقيت، اوچھا پنtính thô tục粗野行为