vulgar

Speech parts

1. vulgar - Noun

2. vulgar - Adjective

3. vulgar - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people; common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use; vernacular.

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.

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.

One of the common people; a vulgar person.

The vernacular, or common language.

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Examples

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind. Albert Camus

You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner. Aristophanes

There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation. John Ruskin

The rough manners of the vulgar are contagious. Latin Proverb

Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar. Greek Proverb

No medicines can cure the vulgar man. Chinese Proverb

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