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vulgar
What does vulgar mean?
vulgar (adjective): lacking refinement or cultivation or taste.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use vulgar in a sentence?
- The vulgar display of the newly rich. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce vulgar?
/ˈvʌlɡɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does vulgar come from?
From Middle English vulgare, from Latin vulgāris, from volgus, vulgus (“mob; common folk”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH-.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of vulgar?
Words related to vulgar
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “vulgar” mean?
in a horizontal line or plane; not sloping
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of higher or the highest quality; splendid
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entire; relating to the whole of something
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lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
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strong
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entire
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coarse
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public
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