Vulgar synonyms

vŭl'gər

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uncouth
(Archaic) Not known or familiar; strange
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common
Unrefined or coarse in manner; vulgar:
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pretentious
Ostentatious; intended to impress others.
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crass
Tasteless, insensitive, and coarse
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tasteless
Without taste or flavor; flat; insipid
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overdone
Boiled, baked or roasted too much.
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bathetic
Characterized by bathos
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gross
With no deductions; total; entire
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scatologic
Offensive to accepted standards of decency
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courtesy (related)
Free of charge.
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licentious (related)
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crude
Being in a natural state.
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cheap
Relatively low in cost; inexpensive or comparatively inexpensive.
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boorish
Behaving as a boor; rough in manners; rude; uncultured.
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uncultivated
Not attended to or fostered.
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low
Lacking health or vitality; feeble; weak.
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inelegant
Lacking refinement or polish; not elegant.
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gaudy
The definition of gaudy is something that is bright and ornate, but overdone to the point of being tacky.
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tacky
Lacking style or good taste; tawdry:
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lewd
Showing, or intended to excite, lust or sexual desire, esp. in an offensive way; lascivious
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ordinary
Not particularly good; not better than average:
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familiar
Often encountered or seen:
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popular
Common among the general public; generally accepted. [from 15th c.]
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colloquial
Characteristic of or appropriate to the spoken language or to writing that seeks the effect of speech; informal.
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refined (antonym)
Showing or having good feelings or good taste.
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elegant (antonym)
Characterized by a sense of propriety or refinement; impressively fastidious in manners and tastes
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genteel (antonym)
Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
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rude (related)
Undeveloped, unskilled, basic.
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coarse (related)
Lacking in refinement or good taste; vulgar; crude
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base
The definition of base is something that forms a foundation.
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broad
Strikingly regional or dialectal:
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dirty
Relating to or being a bomb that uses a conventional explosive and radioactive material to contaminate an area with low-level radiation.
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earthy
Unadorned and simple in style:
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general
Being usually the case; true or applicable in most instances but not all:
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ignoble
Not noble in quality, character, or purpose; base or dishonorable.
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indecent
Morally offensive; obscene
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irreverent
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.
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low-born
Born of humble parentage.
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mawkish
(Archaic) Sickening or insipid in taste or smell.
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meretricious
Plausible but false or insincere; specious:
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obscene
Offensive to one's feelings, or to prevailing notions, of modesty or decency; lewd
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offensive
Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, or hatred.
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philistine
Lacking appreciation of culture; also philistine.
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plebeian
Commonplace; ordinary
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pornographic
Depicting something in detail, usually unnecessarily.
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profane
Not admitted into a body of secret knowledge or ritual; uninitiated.
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rabelaisian
Of or like Rabelais or his works; broadly and coarsely humorous, satirical, etc.
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revolting
Engaged in revolt; rebellious
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ribald
The definition of ribald is something that references sexual matters in a bawdy or humorous way.
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risque
Suggestive of sexual impropriety; bordering on the indelicate.
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scurrile
(Archaic) scurrilous
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scurrilous
(Of a person) given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed
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smutty
Affected with plant smut
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sordid
Squalid; depressingly wretched
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specious
Specious is defined as something that looks right, or that looks attractive, but is not as it seems.
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tawdry
Shameful or indecent:
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vernacular
Relating to or designating the common, nonscientific name of a biological species.
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vile
Offensive to the senses or sensibilities; repulsive; disgusting
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commonness
The quality of being common.
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plebeianism
The conduct or manners of plebeians; vulgarity.
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profanity
(Countable) Obscene, lewd or abusive language.
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ribaldry
An example of ribald language or humor
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scurrility
The quality of being vulgar, coarse, or abusive.
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vulgarity
The quality or condition of being vulgar.
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vulgarization
The act or an instance of making vulgar, coarse, unrefined, obscene, etc.
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heathenize
To make or become heathen
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paganize
To make or become pagan
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vulgarize
To disseminate widely; popularize.
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chaste (antonym)
Pure, decent, or modest in nature, behavior, etc.
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dainty (antonym)
Overly or affectedly fastidious; squeamish
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pure (antonym)
Containing nothing inappropriate or extraneous:
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fashionable (antonym)
Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style.
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aesthetic (antonym)
Concerned with beauty, artistic impact, or appearance.
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artistic (antonym)
Showing imagination and skill:
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decent (antonym)
Reasonably good; adequate
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polite (antonym)
Marked by or showing consideration for others and observance of accepted social usage.
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nice (antonym)
Used as an intensive with and :
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inoffensive (antonym)
Not offensive
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baseborn
Of humble birth or origin
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déclassé
Lacking high station or birth
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declassed
Lacking high station or birth
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lowly
Not lofty or sublime; humble.
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mean
Common or poor in appearance; shabby:
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unwashed
Not washed; unclean.
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barbarian
Cruel; barbarous
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barbaric
Brutal or cruel:
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churlish
(Of soil) difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable
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ill-bred
(Of animals) of bad breed
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rough
Not polished; uncut; said of a gem.
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uncivilized
Used to describe people who display a marked lack of manners as defined by a given culture.
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uncultured
Not cultured or cultivated:
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unpolished
Not polished; not brought to a polish.
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barnyard
Of a barnyard
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bawdy
The definition of bawdy is something gross, indecent or overly graphic.
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fescennine
Vulgar; obscene; scurrilous
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filthy
Covered or smeared with filth; disgustingly dirty.
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foul
Offensive to the senses; revolting:
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nasty
Offensive in taste or smell; nauseating
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scatological
Relating to scatology, the usage of obscenities.
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raunchy
Of poor quality, appearance, etc.; dirty, cheap, sloppy, etc.
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over (related)
Having reached the other side; having got across
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smooth (related)
Having no obstructions or difficulties:
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contemptible (related)
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banal (related)
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puerile (related)
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pompous (related)
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hateful (related)
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insolent (related)
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vapid (related)
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childish (related)
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vacuous (related)
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maudlin
The definition of maudlin is someone who is overly sentimental, often in a tearful way or as a result of consuming alcohol.
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humble
Having or showing a consciousness of one's defects or shortcomings; not overly proud; not self-assertive; modest
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rough cut
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
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Vulgar Sentence Examples

  • Avoid vulgar errors; cherish universal sympathy.

  • But this seems an unwarrantable concession to the vulgar opinion that two bodies cannot co-exist in the same place.

  • I must confess to a weakness for a well turned heel - nothing too high or too vulgar.

  • Women should always assert themselves when possible and seek help if their tattoo (or any other physical feature) begins to warrant threats, slurs, or other forms of vulgar behavior.

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