Vulgar Adjective - Definition, Pictures, Pronunciation And Usage Notes

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Definition of vulgar adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

vulgar adjective  /ˈvʌlɡə(r)/  /ˈvʌlɡər/ jump to other results

1. not having or showing good taste; not polite, pleasant or well behaved synonym coarse, in bad taste
   • a vulgar man
   • vulgar decorations
   • She found their laughter and noisy games coarse and rather vulgar.
   • She gave a rather vulgar laugh.

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2. rude and likely to offend synonym crude
   • vulgar jokes
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin vulgaris, from vulgus ‘common people’. The original senses were ‘used in ordinary calculations’ (surviving in vulgar fraction) and ‘in ordinary use, used by the people’ (surviving in vulgar tongue).

See vulgar in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: vulgar

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• vulgar Latin noun
• vulgar fraction noun
• vulgar fraction
• vulgar fractions

Nearby words

• vulcanized adjective
• vulcanology noun
• vulgar adjective
• vulgar fraction noun
• vulgarian noun

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