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Antonyms for vulgar


Grammar : Adj
Spell : vuhl-ger
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvʌl gər



Definition of vulgar

Origin :
  • late 14c., "common, ordinary," from Latin vulgaris "of or pertaining to the common people, common, vulgar," from vulgus "the common people, multitude, crowd, throng," from PIE root *wel- "to crowd, throng" (cf. Sanskrit vargah "division, group," Greek eilein "to press, throng," Middle Breton gwal'ch "abundance," Welsh gwala "sufficiency, enough"). Meaning "coarse, low, ill-bred" is first recorded 1640s, probably from earlier use (with reference to people) with meaning "belonging to the ordinary class" (1530).
  • adj rude, offensive
  • adj common, general
Example sentences :
  • To play upon the silver-voiced flute is Theban-like and vulgar.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • She was quite unable to repress a vulgar interest in the menials that served her.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • You wouldn't believe the vulgar things Harry would say out of pure fun!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • He was vulgar with a vulgarity that went miles deeper than that of the major.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • She says they're vulgar for an innocent country girl like her cousin, Agnes Lynch.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • I need not tell you that to me reformations in morals are as meaningless and vulgar as Reformations in theology.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • Nor let any one apprehend that this subject can ever become trite and vulgar.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • In vulgar language, it was in the evening when Joseph attended his lady's orders.
  • Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding
  • There were vulgar reasons, too, that made me hunger for a victim.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
  • Dorcas is a neat creature, both in person and dress; her continuance not vulgar.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

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