Vulgar

//ˈvʌl.ɡɚ//

Synonyms for "vulgar" (251 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (51)

common earthy inappropriate plebeian uncouth abusive average barbarian barbaric barbarous barnyard base baseborn bawdy below the salt blatant blue boorish brassy brazen

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brazenfaced broad cacophonous caddish carnal chintzy clumsy coarse cockney colloquial colorful commonplace conspicuous conversational crass crude demeaning

Adjective(10 words)

;bog-standard campy carrion coarse common contemptible crass crude debased

Adjective(3 words)

coarse common crude

Noun(1 words)

commoner

Strong matches (75)

Related words (125)

low low-class lowborn lowbred lowbrow lower lowly lurid lustful mean medium meretricious minor modest mundane nasty naughty nonclerical obscene obtrusive

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Adjective(23 words)

mean miserable murrain normal obscene offensive ordinary popular profane regular reprehensible reptilian scandalous scurvy simple standard issue uncool uncouth vulgarized vulgate

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woeful wretched xxx

Adjective(5 words)

plebeian rough-cut uncouth unwashed vernacular

Noun(2 words)

vernacular vulgate

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

Synonyms

5 entries

common earthy inappropriate plebeian uncouth

coordinate

3 entries

derogatory disparaging offensive

derived

7 entries

Vulgar Era Vulgar Latin vulgar Marxism vulgar fraction vulgarian vulgarity vulgate

has context

2 entries

classical sense classicism

related to

5 entries

debased distasteful obscene ordinary uncouth

similar

5 entries

indecent informal lowborn unrefined

Translations

154 translations across 45 languages.

Afrikaans

4 entries

algemeen adj (having to do with common people)
gewoon adj (having to do with common people)
onbeskaaf adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
ongepoets adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Albanian

1 entries

vulgar adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

βάναυσος adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
φορτικός adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Arabic

3 entries

بذىء adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
بَذِيء adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
شعبى adj (having to do with common people)

Armenian

1 entries

կոպիտ adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Belarusian

2 entries

вульга́рны adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
непрысто́йны adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Bulgarian

4 entries

вулга́рен adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
неприли́чен adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
непристо́ен adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
простонароден adj (having to do with common people)

Catalan

2 entries

vulgar adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
vulgar adj (having to do with common people)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

平民的 adj (having to do with common people)
庶民的 adj (having to do with common people)
百姓的 adj (having to do with common people)
粗俗 adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Czech

4 entries

hrubý adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
lidový adj (having to do with common people)
prostý adj (having to do with common people)
sprostý adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Danish

4 entries

gemen adj (having to do with common people)
grov adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
obskøn adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
ordinær adj (having to do with common people)

Dutch

4 entries

gemeen adj (having to do with common people)
gewoon adj (having to do with common people)
obsceen adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
ordinair adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Esperanto

3 entries

triviala adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
vulgara adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
vulgara adj (having to do with common people)

Finnish

4 entries

alatyylinen adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
kansanomainen adj (having to do with common people)
rahvaanomainen adj (having to do with common people)
rivo adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

French

2 entries

obscène adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
vulgaire adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Galician

2 entries

vulgar adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
vulgar adj (having to do with common people)

Georgian

4 entries

გლეხური adj (having to do with common people)
ვულგარული adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
მდარე adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
საყოველთა adj (having to do with common people)

German

4 entries

Volks adj (having to do with common people)
allgemein adj (having to do with common people)
gemein adj (having to do with common people)
gewöhnlich adj (having to do with common people)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Greek

4 entries

αγοραίος adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
κοινός adj (having to do with common people)
πρόστυχος adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
χυδαίος adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Gujarati

2 entries

અશ્લીલ adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
બીભત્સ adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Hebrew

2 entries

הֲמוֹנִי adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
ווּלְגָרִי adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Hindi

2 entries

अश्लील adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
वल्गर adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Hungarian

4 entries

durva adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
közönséges adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
otromba adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
trágár adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Indonesian

4 entries

cabul adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
jorok adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
kotor adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
tak senonoh adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Italian

4 entries

indecente adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
osceno adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
triviale adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
volgare adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Japanese

4 entries

卑しい adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
平民の adj (having to do with common people)
庶民的な adj (having to do with common people)
汚い adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Lakota

1 entries

šikšíl adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

vulgær adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

vulgær adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

بیاغی adj (having to do with common people)

Persian

2 entries

رکیک adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
مبتذل adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Polish

2 entries

obsceniczny adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
wulgarny adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Portuguese

4 entries

comum adj (having to do with common people)
indecente adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
obsceno adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
popular adj (having to do with common people)

Romanian

4 entries

comun adj (having to do with common people)
grosolan adj (having to do with common people)
obscen adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
ordinar adj (having to do with common people)

Russian

4 entries

вульга́рный adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
неприли́чный adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
непристо́йный adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
по́шлый adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Sanskrit

1 entries

अनार्य adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

gràisgeil adj (having to do with common people)

Slovene

2 entries

ljudski adj (having to do with common people)
vulgaren adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Spanish

4 entries

chabacano adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
ramplón adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
shumo adj (having to do with common people)
vulgar adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Swedish

4 entries

gemen adj (having to do with common people)
pöbel adj (having to do with common people)
pöbelaktig adj (having to do with common people)
vulgär adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Telugu

1 entries

అశ్లీలము adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Thai

1 entries

หยาบคาย adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Turkish

1 entries

kaba adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Ukrainian

2 entries

вульга́рний adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)
непристо́йний adj (distasteful, uncouth, obscene)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He's misunderstood because of his vulgar language.

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She is extremely vulgar in her speech.

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I am fed up with his vulgar jokes.

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Tim produced a perfect alveolar trill for a straight minute. The rest of the Spanish class envied and despised this vulgar display of power.

Source: tatoeba (707490)

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