vul·gar [vúlgər]
adjective
1. crude and indecent: crude or obscene, particularly about sex or bodily functions
2. tastelessly ostentatious: showing a lack of taste or reasonable moderation
3. lacking refinement: lacking in courtesy and manners
4. language of ordinary people’s language: relating to a form of a language spoken by ordinary people
5. of ordinary people: characteristic of or associated with the majority of ordinary people (archaic)
plural noun
ordinary people: ordinary people regarded or spoken of as a group
She believes that fine food and wine are beyond the taste of the vulgar.
-vul·gar·ly, adverb
Synonyms:
Ill-mannered,Bad,Unrefined,Crude,Coarse,Indecent,Obscene,Boorish,Nasty,Ordinary,Disgusting,Loathsome
Antonyms:
Well-mannered,Good,Refined,Polite,Polished,Cultured,Attractive,Chaste,Proper,Elegant
Visual Thesaurus:
Sentence:
-The man gave the young woman a vulgar look.
-As common as any the most vulgar thing to sense.
-Things vulgar, and well-weighed, scarce worth the praise.
-It might be more useful to the English reader . . . to write in our vulgar language.
-She was given a vulgar look because she was a pregnant teen
-He went to the front of the long line and everybody gave him a vulgar look.
-The teenagers were very vulgar to the little kid.
-Maybe it's anti-feminist to be flattered when you're the punchline for a guy's vulgar joke.
Link to search this word in various Dictionary:
- vulgar : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
- vulgar : Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- vulgar : Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
- Vulgar : Wiktionary [home, info]
- vulgar : Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- vulgar : The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- vulgar : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- vulgar : Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- vulgar : Dictionary.com [home, info]
- vulgar : Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
- Vulgar, vulgar : UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- vulgar : Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- VULGAR, Vulgar (Doom), Vulgar (album), Vulgar (disambiguation), Vulgar (film), Vulgar (movie) : Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- Vulgar : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- vulgar : Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- vulgar : Rhymezone [home, info]
- vulgar, vulgar, vulg�r : AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- vulgar : Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- vulgar : Free Dictionary [home, info]
- vulgar : WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- vulgar : LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
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Related word:
Obscene:
ob·scene [ob sn]
adjective
1. indecent: offensive to conventional standards of decency, especially by being sexually explicit
2. disgusting: disgusting and morally offensive, especially because of showing total disregard for other people
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Boor [br]
(plural boors)
noun
ill-mannered person: somebody who behaves in a crass, insensitive, or ill-mannered way
-boor·ish, adjective
-boor·ish·ly, adverb
-boor·ish·ness, noun
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Nasty
nas·ty [nástee]
adjective (comparative nas·ti·er, superlative nas·ti·est)
1. spiteful: showing spitefulness, malice, or ill-nature
a nasty trick to play on someone
2. repugnant to senses: repugnant or disgusting to the senses
a nasty smell
3. unpleasant: generally disagreeable, unpleasant, or causing discomfort
The weather turned nasty.
4. serious: likely to cause harm or to be painful
a nasty accident
a nasty bump on the head
5. morally offensive: morally offensive or obscene (informal)
6. difficult: difficult to solve or deal with (informal)
noun (plural nas·ties)
unpleasant person or thing: somebody or something that is very disagreeable, harmful, or offensive (informal)
-nas·ti·ly, adverb
-nas·ti·ness, noun
nastiness [noun]
A desire to harm others or to see others suffer: despitefulness , ill will , malevolence , malice , maliciousness , malignancy
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Spite
spite [spīt][noun]
petty ill will: a malicious, usually small-minded desire to harm or humiliate somebody
transitive verb (past spit·ed, past participle spit·ed, present participle spit·ing, 3rd person present singular spites)
act maliciously toward: to harm, hinder, or humiliate somebody out of small-minded malice
in spite of notwithstanding, or without taking account of something
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Malicious
ma·li·cious [mə líshəss][adjective]
deliberately harmful: motivated by or resulting from a desire to cause harm or pain to others
-ma·li·cious·ly, adverb
-ma·li·cious·ness, noun
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loathe
loathe [lō]
(past loathed, past participle loathed, present participle loath·ing, 3rd person present singular loathes)
transitive and intransitive verb
dislike somebody or something: to dislike somebody or something intensely
-loath·er, noun
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haste
chaste [chayst][adjective]
1. abstaining from sex: abstaining from sex on moral grounds
2. sexually faithful: not having extramarital sexual relations
3. pure in thought and deed: behaving in a pure way, with no immoral thoughts
4. plain: plain, simple, and unadorned in style
-chaste·ly, adverb
-chaste·ness, noun
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Abstain
ab·stain [əb stáyn][intransitive verb]
(past ab·stained, past participle ab·stained, present participle ab·stain·ing, 3rd person present singular ab·stains)
1. refrain from something: to choose deliberately not to do something
2. not vote: not vote for or against a proposal when a vote is held
-ab·stain·er, noun
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Elegant
el·e·gant [élləgənt][adjective]
1. stylish and graceful: stylishly graceful, and showing sophistication and good taste in appearance or behavior
A suit can be as expensive as you like; it’s the wearer who makes it look elegant.
2. showing skill and grace: executed or made with a combination of skill, ease, and grace
an elegant forehand return
3. concise: satisfyingly and often ingeniously neat, simple, or concise
an equation elegant in its simplicity
-el·e·gant·ly, adverb
Sentence:
-Can anyone tell me where I can find an elegant leopard comforter?
-What should i name my elegant cake shop?
-How do i fix medium to long curly hair to have an elegant look?
-How can I dress up like a elegant lady?
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