1
as in rudeness
the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste
our cousins' general vulgarity and poor manners irritate my mother
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as in grossness
the quality or state of being obscene
the pointless vulgarity of the joke disgusted her
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Recent Examples of vulgarity
Many of the European players were subjected to dreadful abuse from the galleries, unprintable vulgarities and some deeply personal insults.
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Don Riddell, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Many of the racist, nativist vulgarities spoken out loud in Paul Thomas Anderson’s marvelous new film One Battle After Another evoke sentiments that, in our world, first fomented online.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
The sour stench of the carcasses was a vulgarity almost too great to bear.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Jude is an erudite man of the people whose hyper-literate intellectualism is only matched by his Chaucer-like vulgarity, and his work has long reveled in an impish fascination with the relationship between art, labor, and technology.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
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Don Riddell, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Many of the racist, nativist vulgarities spoken out loud in Paul Thomas Anderson’s marvelous new film One Battle After Another evoke sentiments that, in our world, first fomented online.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
The sour stench of the carcasses was a vulgarity almost too great to bear.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Jude is an erudite man of the people whose hyper-literate intellectualism is only matched by his Chaucer-like vulgarity, and his work has long reveled in an impish fascination with the relationship between art, labor, and technology.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vulgarity
Noun
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At restaurants, waiters would ignore me for long stretches—not out of rudeness, but because lingering is just built into the culture.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
9 Dec. 2025
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Not, of course, if the intention of the query is to justify rudeness or to be combative.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
24 Nov. 2025
Noun
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He is charged with open and lewd grossness.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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In fact, plenty of other things in your home surpass the toilet in terms of grossness.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There’s some rudeness, aggressive conversations, and crudeness, but nothing too over the top.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Why did so many people in states with Democrat-majority governments want to keep the COVID emergency going, want it so badly that all rational arguments offered in support of reopening were ignored or answered with obscenity-laden accusations of grandma-killing?—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
7 Jan. 2026
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Pandering obscenity is a felony and could mean eight years in prison and a $15,000 fine for McCollister if he is convicted.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
28 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Two Commanders players — defensive lineman Javon Kinlaw and safety Quan Martin — and one Eagles player — offensive lineman Tyler Steen — were disqualified after being flagged for unnecessary roughness during the brawl.—
Dan Gelston,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Jan. 2026
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Reflections of moonlight off the ocean can help scientists study sea-surface conditions, such as roughness and wave patterns, even at night.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
29 Dec. 2025
Noun
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There is plenty of coarseness in American arenas totally unrelated to MAGA or Trumpism, of course.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
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An alkaline compound, baking soda is a non-toxic cleaner with a coarseness that works wonders for scrubbing grime, removing difficult stains, and deodorizing stinky odors.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Suns guard Jalen Green was recently fined $25,000 for using profanity during a teammate's postgame interview.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Onlookers immediately rose up in anger and outrage, screaming at the agents and shouting profanities.—
Elizabeth Bruenig,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026
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Everything else was affected by its gravitational pull and drawn into the work of dilating it further—even the firms rumored to be at the farthest remove from the crudity, even negative emissions technologies and the market on which their credits circulated.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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But Shelly will still go on about the crudity of newer shows in town, insisting that Razzle Dazzle has an elegant French tone.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
10 Jan. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Vulgarity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vulgarity. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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