Vulgar synonyms
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(Archaic) Not known or familiar; strange
Tasteless, insensitive, and coarse
Unrefined or coarse in manner; vulgar:
Without taste or flavor; flat; insipid
Relatively low in cost; inexpensive or comparatively inexpensive.
Ostentatious; intended to impress others.
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Characterized by bathos
Offensive to accepted standards of decency
Being in a natural state.
Crude, raw or unprocessed
Behaving as a boor; rough in manners; rude; uncultured.
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With no deductions; total; entire
Lacking refinement or polish; not elegant.
The definition of gaudy is something that is bright and ornate, but overdone to the point of being tacky.
Lacking style or good taste; tawdry:
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Showing, or intended to excite, lust or sexual desire, esp. in an offensive way; lascivious
Not particularly good; not better than average:
Often encountered or seen:
Characteristic of or appropriate to the spoken language or to writing that seeks the effect of speech; informal.
refined (antonym)
Showing or having good feelings or good taste.
elegant (antonym)
Characterized by a sense of propriety or refinement; impressively fastidious in manners and tastes
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rude (related)
coarse (related)
Lacking in refinement or good taste; vulgar; crude
The definition of base is something that forms a foundation.
Strikingly regional or dialectal:
Relating to or being a bomb that uses a conventional explosive and radioactive material to contaminate an area with low-level radiation.
Unadorned and simple in style:
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Very unpleasant or disagreeable.
Being usually the case; true or applicable in most instances but not all:
Not noble in quality, character, or purpose; base or dishonorable.
Offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; lewd or vulgar:
Disrespectful, cynical, cavilling, querulous, or vulgar, where one's own feelings, or especially deference to the feelings of others, customarily command silence, discretion, and circumspection.
The definition of maudlin is someone who is overly sentimental, often in a tearful way or as a result of consuming alcohol.
Plausible but false or insincere; specious:
Offensive to one's feelings, or to prevailing notions, of modesty or decency; lewd
Lacking appreciation of culture; also philistine.
Commonplace; ordinary
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Depicting something in detail, usually unnecessarily.
Not admitted into a body of secret knowledge or ritual; uninitiated.
rabelaisian
Of or like Rabelais or his works; broadly and coarsely humorous, satirical, etc.
Engaged in revolt; rebellious
The definition of ribald is something that references sexual matters in a bawdy or humorous way.
Suggestive of sexual impropriety; bordering on the indelicate.
scurrile
(Archaic) scurrilous
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(Of a person) given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed
Affected with plant smut
Squalid; depressingly wretched
Specious is defined as something that looks right, or that looks attractive, but is not as it seems.
Shameful or indecent:
Relating to or designating the common, nonscientific name of a biological species.
Offensive to the senses or sensibilities; repulsive; disgusting
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An example of ribald language or humor
The quality of being vulgar, coarse, or abusive.
The quality or condition of being vulgar.
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The act or an instance of making vulgar, coarse, unrefined, obscene, etc.
heathenize
To make or become heathen
paganize
To make or become pagan
To disseminate widely; popularize.
chaste (antonym)
Pure, decent, or modest in nature, behavior, etc.
dainty (antonym)
Overly or affectedly fastidious; squeamish
pure (antonym)
Containing nothing inappropriate or extraneous:
fashionable (antonym)
aesthetic (antonym)
Concerned with beauty, artistic impact, or appearance.
artistic (antonym)
Showing imagination and skill:
decent (antonym)
Reasonably good; adequate
polite (antonym)
Marked by or showing consideration for others and observance of accepted social usage.
nice (antonym)
Used as an intensive with and :
inoffensive (antonym)
Not offensive
Of humble birth or origin
déclassé
Lacking high station or birth
Lacking high station or birth
Having or showing a consciousness of one's defects or shortcomings; not overly proud; not self-assertive; modest
Not lofty or sublime; humble.
Common or poor in appearance; shabby:
Not washed; unclean.
Cruel; barbarous
Brutal or cruel:
Not polished; uncut; said of a gem.
Used to describe people who display a marked lack of manners as defined by a given culture.
Not cultured or cultivated:
Of a barnyard
The definition of bawdy is something gross, indecent or overly graphic.
Vulgar; obscene; scurrilous
Offensive to the senses; revolting:
Offensive in taste or smell; nauseating
Relating to scatology, the usage of obscenities.
Of poor quality, appearance, etc.; dirty, cheap, sloppy, etc.
over (related)
Having reached the other side; having got across
smooth (related)
Having no obstructions or difficulties:
contemptible (related)
banal (related)
puerile (related)
pompous (related)
hateful (related)
insolent (related)
vapid (related)
childish (related)
vacuous (related)
licentious (related)
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
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