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Antonyms for vulgar
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : vuhl-ger |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvʌl gər |
Definition of vulgar
Origin :- late 14c., "common, ordinary," from Latin vulgaris "of or pertaining to the common people, common, vulgar," from vulgus "the common people, multitude, crowd, throng," from PIE root *wel- "to crowd, throng" (cf. Sanskrit vargah "division, group," Greek eilein "to press, throng," Middle Breton gwal'ch "abundance," Welsh gwala "sufficiency, enough"). Meaning "coarse, low, ill-bred" is first recorded 1640s, probably from earlier use (with reference to people) with meaning "belonging to the ordinary class" (1530).
- adj rude, offensive
- adj common, general
- To play upon the silver-voiced flute is Theban-like and vulgar.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- She was quite unable to repress a vulgar interest in the menials that served her.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- You wouldn't believe the vulgar things Harry would say out of pure fun!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- He was vulgar with a vulgarity that went miles deeper than that of the major.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- She says they're vulgar for an innocent country girl like her cousin, Agnes Lynch.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- I need not tell you that to me reformations in morals are as meaningless and vulgar as Reformations in theology.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- Nor let any one apprehend that this subject can ever become trite and vulgar.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- In vulgar language, it was in the evening when Joseph attended his lady's orders.
- Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding
- There were vulgar reasons, too, that made me hunger for a victim.
- Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
- Dorcas is a neat creature, both in person and dress; her continuance not vulgar.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
Synonyms for vulgar
- base
- blue
- boorish
- cheap
- coarse
- colloquial
- common
- contemptible
- conversational
- crude
- dime a dozen
- dirty
- disgusting
- dishonorable
- everyday
- familiar
- filthy
- fractious
- garden variety
- gross
- hard-core
- ignoble
- impolite
- improper
- indecent
- indecorous
- indelicate
- inferior
- low
- malicious
- nasty
- native
- naughty
- obscene
- odious
- off-color
- ordinary
- plastic
- plebeian
- popular
- profane
- public
- raw
- repulsive
- ribald
- risqué
- rough
- run-of-the-mill
- scatological
- slippery
- smutty
- sneaking
- soft-core
- sordid
- suggestive
- tasteless
- tawdry
- uncouth
- unmannerly
- unrefined
- unworthy
- vernacular
- villainous
- X-rated
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