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vulgar
adjective
Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
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ˈvʌl.ɡə
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adjective
Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
“He had coarse manners but a first-rate mind”
adjective
Of or associated with the great masses of people
“The common people in those days suffered greatly”
adjective
Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
“Common parlance”
adjective
Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
“Coarse language”
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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
The common people in those days suffered greatly
His square plebeian nose
A vulgar and objectionable person
The unwashed masses
Common parlance
A vernacular term
Vernacular speakers
The vulgar tongue of the masses
The technical and vulgar names for an animal species
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
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