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vulgar
/ˈvʌl.ɡə/
adj 4noun 3
Collocations
5ADJ.
arrogant, considered, mean, sordid
VERB + VULGAR
despised, fall, looked, shouldn't, tells, uses
VULGAR + NOUN
affection, arrogance, everyone, french, language, leaue, societie, speech
PREP.
in, in, into, on, than, up, upon, with
ADV.
always, extremely, often, often, quite, rather, truly
Definitions
adj
1
Debased; uncouth; distasteful; obscene.
vulgar language
vulgar words
2
Having to do with ordinary, common people.
Near-synonyms: vulgate; vulgarized
It might be more useful to the English reader […] to write in our vulgar language.
3
Common, usual; of the typical kind.
vulgar bush brown (Bicyclus vulgaris)
A vulture (V. aura), probably the Acabiry first described by Azara, is here called […] the hunter. It resembles in form the vulgar bird, but it flies high. The head is red, and the wings are black with silver lining, like the noble Bateleur of Africa.
4
Being a vulgar fraction.
A fraction is vulgar if it has one integer divided by another integer, as long as the integer that's doing the dividing isn't equal to zero.
noun
1
A common, ordinary person.
Popular antiquarian writings […] frequently focused on the regional vulgars' superstitious beliefs regarding the dead and their ongoing presence—such as popular funeral rites or the vulgars' fear of church yards.
2
The common people.
3
The language of a people, especially the commoners.
Therefore you Clowne, abandon: which is in the vulgar, leaue the societie: which in the boorish, is companie, of this female: which in the common, is woman: which together, is, abandon the society of this Female, […]
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday langua
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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vulgar language
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vulgar words
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a truly vulgar showing of affection
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Popular antiquarian writings […] frequently focused on the regional vulgars' superstitious beliefs regarding the dead and their ongoing presence—such as popular funeral rites or the vulgars' fear of c
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Therefore you Clowne, abandon: which is in the vulgar, leaue the societie: which in the boorish, is companie, of this female: which in the common, is woman: which together, is, abandon the society of
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He's misunderstood because of his vulgar language.
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