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Examples of vulgarity in a Sentence
a comedian known for her vulgarity
I was shocked by the vulgarity of his language.
He uttered a vulgarity and was silent.
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Recent Examples of vulgarity from the Web
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In a wounding polemic, Irving Howe attacked Roth for his vulgarity.
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On top of that, Ms. Melas and members of her family have received death threats that are striking for their graphic nature and vulgarity.
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The parents are naturally disgusted by the vulgarity at first, whereas near the end of the video, Bregoli's 1960s alter ego is furious over a surprise celebrity cameo in the form of a well-meaning milkman.
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Their initial proposal — which did not include the president’s more hard-line proposals — was rejected by Mr. Trump during a White House meeting in which the president used vulgarities to describe Africans.
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Just ridiculing his vulgarity isn’t going to help anybody.
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In fact, the Ford world is so removed from the vulgarity outside the stainless-steel doors, there might as well be a moat around the place.
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This: that not one moment of vulgarity or excess diverted our attention from the music itself, not even at its most boot-stomping, inebriated moments.
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Complicating Tillerson’s mission is the vulgarity that Trump used about Africa during a White House meeting in January with US lawmakers.
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First Known Use of vulgarity
1579
vulgarity Synonyms
Synonyms
coarseness, commonness, crassness, crudeness, crudity, grossness, indelicacy, indelicateness, lowness, raffishness, rawness, roughness, rudeness, tastelessness;
Antonyms
cultivation, genteelness, gentility, polish, refinement, tastefulness;
Near Antonyms
Related Words
boorishness, brutishness, churlishness, clownishness, loutishness, rowdiness, rusticity, uncouthness;
artlessness, gracelessness, inelegance, unsophistication;
VULGARITY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of vulgarity for English Language Learners
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: the quality or state of not having good taste, manners, politeness, etc.
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: something (such as a word) that is offensive or rude
VULGARITY Defined for Kids
Definition of vulgarity for Students
plural vulgarities
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: the quality or state of having or showing poor taste or manners
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: rude or offensive language or behavior
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