vulgar
vulgar is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people; common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use; vernacular. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people; common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use; vernacular.
- adjective. Belonging or relating to the common people, as distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished; hence, sometimes, of little or no value.
- adjective. Hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish; also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low; coarse; mean; base; as, vulgar men, minds, language, or manners.
- noun. One of the common people; a vulgar person.
- noun. The vernacular, or common language.
- adjective. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
"coarse language"
"a crude joke"
- adjective. being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
"common parlance"
"a vernacular term"
- adjective. of or associated with the great masses of people
"the common people in those days suffered greatly"
"behavior that branded him as common"
- adjective. lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
"he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"
"behavior that branded him as common"
Synonyms
crude, earthy, gross, common, vernacular, plebeian, unwashed, coarse, uncouth
Common word forms
vulgars, vulgarer, vulgarly, vulgarest, vulgarise, vulgarity, vulgarize, vulgarness
Words from these letters
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