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vul·gar
 vulgar
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- pronunciation:
- vuhl
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
without good taste or manners.
I think it's vulgar to chew food with your mouth open.Her vulgar little brother put his chewing gum on my plate.- synonyms:
- coarse, crude, gross, tasteless
- antonyms:
- elegant
- similar words:
- base, improper, indecent, low, rude
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| definition 2: |
showing bad taste; giving offense; not appropriate.
I don't find that vulgar joke funny.She turned away from the vulgar painting.- synonyms:
- gross, indecent, obscene
- antonyms:
- decent
- similar words:
- blue, immoral, improper, offensive, rank
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| related words: |
foul, loud, nasty, popular, tasteless |
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| derivations: |
vulgarly (adv.), vulgarness (n.) |
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