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vulgarity

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vul·gar·i·ty  (vl-gr-t)
n. pl. vul·gar·i·ties
1. The quality or condition of being vulgar.
2. Something, such as an act or expression, that offends good taste or propriety.

vulgarity [vʌlˈgærɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
1. the condition of being vulgar; lack of good manners
2. a vulgar action, phrase, etc.

Vulgarity the common people, 1579; the commonalty.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.vulgarityvulgarity - the quality of lacking taste and refinement
inelegance - the quality of lacking refinement and good taste

vulgarity
noun
1. tastelessness, bad taste, grossness, tawdriness, gaudiness, lack of refinement I hate the vulgarity of this room.
tastelessness good taste, tastefulness
2. crudeness, rudeness, coarseness, crudity, ribaldry, suggestiveness, indelicacy, indecorum a comedian famous for his vulgarity and irreverence
crudeness decorum
3. coarseness, roughness, boorishness, rudeness, loutishness, oafishness, uncouthness For all his apparent vulgarity, Todd had a certain raw charm.
coarseness sophistication, refinement, good manners, gentility, good breeding, sensitivity
Translations
vulgarity [vʌlˈgærɪtɪ] N
1. (= lack of refinement) → ordinariez f, vulgaridad f
2. (= tastelessness) → mal gusto m, vulgaridad f
3. (= indecency) → grosería f, obscenidad f; (= crude remark) → grosería f
vulgarity [vʌlˈgærəti] n
(= tastelessness) → vulgarité f
(= crudeness) [language, joke, person] → vulgarité f
vulgarity
nVulgarität f; (of gesture, joke also)Anstößigkeit f; (of colour, tie etc)Geschmacklosigkeit f; the vulgarity of his conductsein ordinäres or pöbelhaftes Benehmen
vulgarity [vʌlˈgærɪtɪ] nvolgarità
vulgarity [vʌlˈgærɪtɪ] nvolgarità


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said the Retraction, with contemptuous vulgarity of speech.
A few months ago I was at the old home, and I read that book again, after not looking at it for more than thirty years; and I read it with amazement at its prevailing artistic vulgarity, its prevailing aesthetic error shot here and there with gleams of light, and of the truth that Reade himself was always dimly groping for.
But I admit that the cart has got a little in front of the horse, and I grow suddenly alarmed lest the reader should be suspecting me of an elopement, or some such romantic vulgarity.
 
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