vulgarity

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; the state of the lower classes of society.

Grossness or clownishness of manners of language; absence of refinement; coarseness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

profanity smut billingsgate pornography impurity obscenity roughness eroticism barbarism filth impropriety indecency clumsiness barbarity coarseness
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Antonyms

grace polish good culture quality honor
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Hypernyms

inelegance

Examples

Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity. Coco Chanel

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life. Cyril Connolly

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

Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness. Edith Sitwell

There is no cure for vulgarity. Chinese Proverb

Never descend to vulgarity even in joking. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

vulgarising vulgarism vulgarist vulgarization vulgarize vulgarizer