coarse, vulgar, gross, obscene, ribald mean offensive to good taste or morals. coarse implies roughness, rudeness, or crudeness of spirit, behavior, or language.

VULGAR definition: characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste. See examples of vulgar used in a sentence.

vulgar adjective (RUDE) rude and likely to upset or anger people, especially by referring to sex and the body in an unpleasant way:

Dec 24, 2025 · vulgar (plural vulgars) (historical or derogatory) A common, ordinary person. quotations

Definition of vulgar adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you describe a person or their behaviour as vulgar, you mean that they lack taste or behave rudely.

1. characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste: vulgar ostentation. 2. indecent; obscene; lewd: a vulgar gesture. 3. lacking in refinement; crude; coarse; boorish. 4. of, pertaining to, …

crude; coarse; unrefined: a vulgar peasant. of, pertaining to, or constituting the ordinary people in a society: the vulgar masses. current; popular; common: a vulgar success; vulgar beliefs. Linguistics …

VULGAR meaning: 1 : not having or showing good manners, good taste, or politeness; 2 : relating to the common people or the speech of common people

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