Definitions for vulgar

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vulgar vul·gar

Spelling: [vuhl-ger]

IPA: /ˈvʌl gər/

Vulgar is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 79 anagrams from letters in vulgar (aglruv).

Definitions for vulgar

noun

1. Archaic. the common people.
2. Obsolete. the vernacular.

adjective

1. characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste:
2. indecent; obscene; lewd:
3. crude; coarse; unrefined:
4. of, relating to, or constituting the ordinary people in a society:
5. current; popular; common:
6. spoken by, or being in the language spoken by, the people generally; vernacular:
7. lacking in distinction, aesthetic value, or charm; banal; ordinary:

Origin of vulgar

1350-1400; Middle English Latin vulgāris, equivalent to vulg(us) the general public + -āris -ar¹

Examples for vulgar

To play upon the silver-voiced flute is Theban-like and vulgar.

It was never intended to do anything as vulgar as actually earn money.

She was quite unable to repress a vulgar interest in the menials that served her.

She says they're vulgar for an innocent country girl like her cousin, Agnes Lynch.

For all the vulgar jokes we collectively enjoy, there's a cultural disconnect between sexual humor and actual eroticism.

Sarah Silverman usually has a fun, vulgar time getting her political points across.

It was the fundraiser to end all fundraisers, and no one was even asked to do anything so vulgar as to contribute any cash.

You wouldn't believe the vulgar things Harry would say out of pure fun!

He was vulgar with a vulgarity that went miles deeper than that of the major.

In fact, Rampal preached against adultery and “vulgar singing and dancing.”