vulgar
adjective/ˈvʌlɡə(r)/
/ˈvʌlɡər/
- 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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- rude and likely to offend synonym crude
- vulgar jokes
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).
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