Vulgar

['vʌlgə] or ['vʌlɡɚ]

Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people; common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use; vernacular.

(a.) Belonging or relating to the common people, as distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished; hence, sometimes, of little or no value.

(a.) Hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish; also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low; coarse; mean; base; as, vulgar men, minds, language, or manners.

(n.) One of the common people; a vulgar person.

(n.) The vernacular, or common language.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Plebeian, low-born, base-born, untitled.[2]. Homespun, rustic, boorish, unrefined, low-bred.[3]. General, common, ordinary, popular.[4]. Low, mean, base, gross, coarse, vile, broad.[5]. Unauthorized, inelegant, cant.[6]. [Rare.] Vernacular, native.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Popular, general, loose, ordinary, public, vernacular, plebeian, uncultivated,unrefined, low, mean, coarse, underbred

ANT:Strict, scientific, philosophical, restricted, technical, accurate, patrician,select, choice, cultivated, refined, polite, high-bred, stylish, aristocratic

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Definition

adj. pertaining to or used by the common people native: public: common; national vernacular: mean or low: rude.—n. the common people: the common language of a country.—ns. Vulgā′rian a vulgar person: a rich unrefined person; Vulgarisā′tion a making widely known: a making coarse or common.—v.t. Vul′garise to make vulgar or rude.—ns. Vul′garism a vulgar phrase: coarseness; Vulgar′ity Vul′garness quality of being vulgar: mean condition of life: rudeness of manners.—adv. Vul′garly.—n. Vul′gate an ancient Latin version of the Scriptures so called from its common use in the R.C. Church prepared by Jerome in the fourth century and pronounced 'authentic' by the Council of Trent.—Vulgar fraction a fraction written in the common way.—The vulgar the common people.

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