Definition of vulgar

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vulgar - 5 definitions

- noun
1. vulgar, vulgars -- a common person
synonyms: vulgars, vulgarer, vulgarly, vulgarest
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
- adjective
2. 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 the newly rich"
synonyms: coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. 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"
synonyms: common, plebeian, unwashed
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. 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"
synonyms: common, vernacular
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
5. 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"
synonyms: crude, earthy, gross
Source:WordNet 3.0
 

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