Vulgar
adjective
Not polite, not having good manners or taste.
His vulgar manners were a great turnoff.
Often appears as...
- vulgar behavior
- vulgar language
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Disapproving
adjective
Common and ordinary, not interesting or original.
He seemed like just a vulgar businessman, with no special qualities.
Often appears as...
- vulgar taste
- vulgar display
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Disapproving
Formal
adjective
In biology, a plant or animal that is very common.
The vulgar garden snail can be found in almost every garden.
Often appears as...
- vulgar species
- vulgar organism
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Technical
adjective
Not polite, not having good manners or taste.
His vulgar manners were a great turnoff.
Often appears as...
- vulgar behavior
- vulgar language
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Common and ordinary, not interesting or original.
He seemed like just a vulgar businessman, with no special qualities.
Often appears as...
- vulgar taste
- vulgar display
Usage tips
Disapproving
Formal
adjective
In biology, a plant or animal that is very common.
The vulgar garden snail can be found in almost every garden.
Often appears as...
- vulgar species
- vulgar organism
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Social Disapproval
Using 'vulgar' implies that the behavior or language is offensive to most people.
She stopped talking to him when he made a vulgar comment.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
What's considered vulgar can vary greatly between different cultures or social groups.
His joke wasn't considered vulgar in his country, but it offended everyone here.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Workplace Appropriate
'Vulgar' often refers to language or actions that are inappropriate in professional settings.
His vulgar stories were not suitable for the office environment.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Disapproval
Using 'vulgar' implies that the behavior or language is offensive to most people.
She stopped talking to him when he made a vulgar comment.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
What's considered vulgar can vary greatly between different cultures or social groups.
His joke wasn't considered vulgar in his country, but it offended everyone here.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Workplace Appropriate
'Vulgar' often refers to language or actions that are inappropriate in professional settings.
His vulgar stories were not suitable for the office environment.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Disapproval
Using 'vulgar' implies that the behavior or language is offensive to most people.
She stopped talking to him when he made a vulgar comment.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
What's considered vulgar can vary greatly between different cultures or social groups.
His joke wasn't considered vulgar in his country, but it offended everyone here.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Workplace Appropriate
'Vulgar' often refers to language or actions that are inappropriate in professional settings.
His vulgar stories were not suitable for the office environment.
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4 ways to build a human...
To be authentic is to be ugly. It doesn't mean that you can't have fun or must give in to the vulgar or cynical, but it does mean that you speak the actual ugly truth. Like this manufacturer that wanted to transform one of its struggling business units.
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they have moved further south so I doubt that they would actually come back this way considering that they vacated the area it's not as if they already as if they're vulgar males had fought for this territory they sort of just left it
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Poetry makes people...
important and you feel so much better when it's done this explanation for trees are real hit with middle school boys I can tell you that and yes it is certainly silly and perhaps even a little bit vulgar and although I usually
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Adam Nicolson: The King...
do a new translation of the New Testament and which he said he aimed to close the idea of the Apostle the Apostles with propriety and perspicuity replacing the bald and barbarous language of the old vulgar version
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all this from big holes yeah that is a very good guess but I'm not going to tell you what it is just yet I don't want to follow a vulgar beast part so while I follow a bull to be spot let's
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Is the world getting...
and a quasi-religious belief in the outmoded superstition and the false promise of the myth of the onward march of inexorable progress. You are a cheerleader for vulgar American can-doism,
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Mysteries of vernacular:...
the upper-class initially considered the abbreviation vulgar by the time Edgar Allan Poe printed the word in 1840 pence was a generally accepted term with the meaning we know today
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A letter to all who have...
I listened only when you moved toward shattering continental unions and electing vulgar demagogues. Only then did your pain become of interest to me. I know that feeling hurt
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3 ways to practice...
and I was referred to in a pretty darn vulgar and coarse way. There was an explicit threat in that message, and that is why my editors at The Post sent it to authorities.
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Luke Syson: How I...
So, I started thinking about why it was, in fact, that I disliked this object so much. What was the anatomy of my distaste? Well, so much gold, so vulgar.
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4 ways to build a human...
To be authentic is to be ugly. It doesn't mean that you can't have fun or must give in to the vulgar or cynical, but it does mean that you speak the actual ugly truth. Like this manufacturer that wanted to transform one of its struggling business units.
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Safari Live - Day 360 PIPE...
they have moved further south so I doubt that they would actually come back this way considering that they vacated the area it's not as if they already as if they're vulgar males had fought for this territory they sort of just left it
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Poetry makes people...
important and you feel so much better when it's done this explanation for trees are real hit with middle school boys I can tell you that and yes it is certainly silly and perhaps even a little bit vulgar and although I usually
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Adam Nicolson: The King...
do a new translation of the New Testament and which he said he aimed to close the idea of the Apostle the Apostles with propriety and perspicuity replacing the bald and barbarous language of the old vulgar version
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Safari Live - Day 226 PIPE...
all this from big holes yeah that is a very good guess but I'm not going to tell you what it is just yet I don't want to follow a vulgar beast part so while I follow a bull to be spot let's
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Is the world getting...
and a quasi-religious belief in the outmoded superstition and the false promise of the myth of the onward march of inexorable progress. You are a cheerleader for vulgar American can-doism,
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Mysteries of vernacular:...
the upper-class initially considered the abbreviation vulgar by the time Edgar Allan Poe printed the word in 1840 pence was a generally accepted term with the meaning we know today
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A letter to all who have...
I listened only when you moved toward shattering continental unions and electing vulgar demagogues. Only then did your pain become of interest to me. I know that feeling hurt
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3 ways to practice...
and I was referred to in a pretty darn vulgar and coarse way. There was an explicit threat in that message, and that is why my editors at The Post sent it to authorities.
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Luke Syson: How I...
So, I started thinking about why it was, in fact, that I disliked this object so much. What was the anatomy of my distaste? Well, so much gold, so vulgar.
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Imogen Poots
English Actress
I don't think I've ever met any single person who has been vulgar. But you know, you learn along the way that some people are going to be very generous, and other people... It's just not innate within them. Sometimes I think you just have to decide if you're going to stand up and get on with it or if you're going to be crushed and threatened.
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Michaela Coel
Comedy in the past hasn't spoken to women because it wasn't written by women, and male writers don't make women three-dimensional characters. Too often, women just facilitate the man's comedy: they're not crazy; they're not funny. But women are as vulgar as they are elegant, as stinky as they are smelling of eau de parfum.
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Kangana Ranaut
Indian Actress
In my film 'Queen', there was a funny moment with the bra. My director called and said they are blurring the bra. They said it is vulgar. Our director was furious about it. We are artistes... We see props as they are. A woman's bra is not a danger to the society.
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Giorgio Armani
Italian Designer
These designers have no reserve. They've chosen a path and thrown themselves onto it head first, regardless of everything. Whether or not their designs are sellable or vulgar. As long as it's new and people talk about it. That is the truth.
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Henry Beston
American Writer
Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it, for, with the banishment of night from the experience of man, there vanishes as well a religious emotion, a poetic mood, which gives depth to the adventure of humanity.
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Julie Burchill
British Journalist
I didn't cry when I left free-booting, smash-and-grab papers that would have appeared to be far more natural homes for me and, at the risk of being vulgar, paid far better for my services.
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Vir Das
Indian Comedian
I am edgy, raw, offensive, vulgar, untruthful, but intelligent. My jokes are always realistic. I do not make fun of children or people who cannot fight back. That is my limitation.
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Lauren Bacall
American Actress
It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially.
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Lisa Lopes
American Musician
Too many kids think condoms are nasty and vulgar, instead of as something that can save your life.
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Emil Cioran
Romanian Philosopher
The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.
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Imogen Poots
English Actress
I don't think I've ever met any single person who has been vulgar. But you know, you learn along the way that some people are going to be very generous, and other people... It's just not innate within them. Sometimes I think you just have to decide if you're going to stand up and get on with it or if you're going to be crushed and threatened.
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Michaela Coel
Comedy in the past hasn't spoken to women because it wasn't written by women, and male writers don't make women three-dimensional characters. Too often, women just facilitate the man's comedy: they're not crazy; they're not funny. But women are as vulgar as they are elegant, as stinky as they are smelling of eau de parfum.
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Kangana Ranaut
Indian Actress
In my film 'Queen', there was a funny moment with the bra. My director called and said they are blurring the bra. They said it is vulgar. Our director was furious about it. We are artistes... We see props as they are. A woman's bra is not a danger to the society.
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Giorgio Armani
Italian Designer
These designers have no reserve. They've chosen a path and thrown themselves onto it head first, regardless of everything. Whether or not their designs are sellable or vulgar. As long as it's new and people talk about it. That is the truth.
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Henry Beston
American Writer
Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it, for, with the banishment of night from the experience of man, there vanishes as well a religious emotion, a poetic mood, which gives depth to the adventure of humanity.
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Julie Burchill
British Journalist
I didn't cry when I left free-booting, smash-and-grab papers that would have appeared to be far more natural homes for me and, at the risk of being vulgar, paid far better for my services.
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Vir Das
Indian Comedian
I am edgy, raw, offensive, vulgar, untruthful, but intelligent. My jokes are always realistic. I do not make fun of children or people who cannot fight back. That is my limitation.
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Lauren Bacall
American Actress
It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially.
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Lisa Lopes
American Musician
Too many kids think condoms are nasty and vulgar, instead of as something that can save your life.
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Emil Cioran
Romanian Philosopher
The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.
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