adjective · rare

vulgar

vulgar · more vulgar · most vulgar

вульгарний, непристойний

пошлый, неприличный, вульгарный, непристойный

unanständig, ungebildet, vulgär, unfein

Debased; uncouth; distasteful; obsceneDebased; uncouth; distasteful; obscene.

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UK/ˈvʌl.ɡə/US/ˈvʌl.ɡɚ/

» Tom is vulgar.

Том вульгарний.

Meaning

4 senses

Debased; uncouth; distasteful; obscene.
vulgar language
vulgar words
vulgär, unfein, ungebildet
вульга́рныйvulʹgárnyj, непристо́йныйnepristójnyj, неприли́чныйneprilíčnyj
вульга́рнийvulʹhárnyj, непристо́йнийneprystójnyj
(derogatory, historical)Having to do with ordinary, common people.
Near-synonyms: vulgate; vulgarized
allgemein, ordinär, vulgär
простонаро́дныйprostonaródnyj
(especially)Common, usual; of the typical kind.
vulgar bush brown (Bicyclus vulgaris)
Being a vulgar fraction.

More definitions

being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
of or associated with the great masses of people
conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

Examples

43 sentences

Tom is vulgar.
Том вульгарний. — deniko
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Tom often uses vulgar language.
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Tom doesn't use vulgar language.
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I don't like vulgar jokes.
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Yanni got very vulgar and mean.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

distasteful, uncouth, obscene:

Русский

By meaning 2

distasteful, uncouth, obscene:

having to do with common people:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

distasteful, uncouth, obscene:

having to do with common people:

Origin

From Middle English vulgare, from Latin vulgāris, from volgus, vulgus (“mob; common folk”)

From Middle English vulgare, from Latin vulgāris, from volgus, vulgus (“mob; common folk”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH-. Compare Welsh gwala (“plenty, sufficiency”), Ancient Greek ἁλία (halía, “assembly”), εἰλέω (eiléō, “to compress”), Proto-Slavic *valъ.

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Forms

more vulgar/vulgarer, most vulgar/vulgarest

Comparative	more vulgar / vulgarer Lesson
Superlative	most vulgar / vulgarest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

92 synonyms

offensiveB1 meanA2 crudeC1 coarseB2 adultA2 blueA1 cheekyB2 dirtyA1 grossB2 naughtyB2 raunchyC1 shockingB1 spicyB1 commonA2

Close in meaning

being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language:common vernacular
of or associated with the great masses of people:common plebeian unwashed
conspicuously and tastelessly indecent:crude earthy gross
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste:coarse common rough-cut uncouth

Word family

15 related words

Relatedvulgarize vulgarity

Derivedvulgarian vulgar fraction vulgate invulgar nonvulgar supravulgar unvulgar vulgarish vulgarism vulgarist vulgarization vulgarly vulgarness

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form