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as in low
belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank
paintings that appeal to vulgar tastes
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as in obscene
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
a warning about the movie's vulgar language
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as in general
held by or applicable to a majority of the people
the vulgar opinion is that the nation is in decline
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as in crass
lacking in refinement or good taste
vulgar behavior shown by someone who's made a lot of money and wants everyone to know it
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as in colloquial
used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing
Latin was once the language of scholars, and English the vulgar language used by the common people
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Recent Examples of vulgar
Then comes the plan economy of communism, with these block buildings and control and all that stuff, and then raw capitalism after that, the most vulgar version of capitalism.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Dec. 2025
Constance is a proper frosty lady and Fiona is a vulgar Irish Catholic, and through them The Abandons struggles to tell a story about the costs of motherhood and ambition.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Just consider the term locker-room talk, referring to vulgar conversations men might have while changing.
—Jacob Beckert, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2025
Neither of us was vulgar enough to talk business on Sunday with our kids there.
—Eddie Huang, Curbed, 10 Nov. 2025
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Dec. 2025
Constance is a proper frosty lady and Fiona is a vulgar Irish Catholic, and through them The Abandons struggles to tell a story about the costs of motherhood and ambition.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Just consider the term locker-room talk, referring to vulgar conversations men might have while changing.
—Jacob Beckert, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2025
Neither of us was vulgar enough to talk business on Sunday with our kids there.
—Eddie Huang, Curbed, 10 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vulgar
Adjective
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The president argued that inflation was already low enough to start cutting rates.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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There’s something motivating about having this low, electronic drumbeat pushing you along, trying to go faster and faster and faster.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Jan. 2026
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Indonesia, with the world’s biggest Muslim population, has strict rules that ban the sharing online of content deemed obscene.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
10 Jan. 2026
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Sylvie's storylines are ridiculous, her wardrobe obscene, her audacity unparalleled.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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After setting a new standard for the organization in 2025, general manager Dan Morgan, head coach Dave Canales and their respective staffs need to raise the bar even higher.—
Mike Kaye
January 12,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Jan. 2026
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Daniel McFadin is a general assignment reporter who has been with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since October 2022.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
12 Jan. 2026
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Often, the art created out of activism is productive and instructional, rather than crass or shocking, Duarte said.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Dec. 2025
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Unable to project solemn grief, conservatives went with spectacle and crass remarks.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
21 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The colloquial term Paczki Day is used for Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras.—
Jelissa Burns,
Freep.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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In this context, something as small and lightweight as a pair of earrings could serve as the colloquial glue that united people under one national identity, at a moment in history when destabilization and separation were the modi operandi of a country sharing a border with Ukraine.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
30 Dec. 2025
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Here, however, Makowsky examines a purely ignoble figure who feels entitled without accomplishing a thing.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Jets recently saw their local deliveries plummet to an ignoble 4.5 rating, which translates to a meager 350,530 Gang Green households tuning in to WBCS-2.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Until then, the only limits on their selections were Vimeo’s standard terms of service, which prohibit content that incites violence or qualifies as pornographic.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
22 Dec. 2025
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Under a new law, Florida began requiring age verification checks for visitors to pornographic websites, notes Paul Bischoff, editor of Comparitech, a site that reviews personal cybersecurity software.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
17 Dec. 2025
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The monthly stochastic oscillator remains in overbought territory ( > 80%), underscoring the strength of the prevailing bullish trend rather than signaling exhaustion.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
15 Dec. 2025
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As municipal pools became mixed-gender in the 1920s and ’30s, swimming naked no longer fit prevailing notions of decency.—
Jacob Beckert,
The Atlantic,
13 Nov. 2025
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“Vulgar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vulgar. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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