Vulgarism

Synonyms for "vulgarism" (101 found)

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babbittrybad tastebarbarism barbarousness bombasticnessbourgeois tastecacology cacophony camp campiness clumsiness coarseness colloquialism corruption crudeness

Noun(6 words)

coarse termcoarsenesscolloquial formcommonness cootercrude form

Strong matches (30)

cumbrousness dysphemism gothicism gracelessness grossness harshness heavinesshigh campill-balanced sentencesimproper impropriety impurity inappropriateness inconcinnity incorrectness indecency indecorousness indecorum indelicacy inelegance

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inelegancy infelicity kitsch

Noun(7 words)

cuntdirty wordexpletive filth grossness horseshitinformal term

Related words (50)

lack of finishlack of polishleadenness localismlow campphilistinism pompousness ponderousnesspoor dictionpoor tastepoppop cultureroughness rudeness sesquipedalianism sesquipedality slangslipshod constructionsolecism stiltedness

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taboo wordtastelessness turgidity unaestheticism unaestheticness unbecomingness uncouthness uneuphoniousness unfittingness ungracefulness unrefinement unseemliness unsuitability unsuitableness unwieldiness vernacularismvulgar tastevulgarity vulgarness

Noun(11 words)

low register formobscene expressionobscene wordobscenity profanity raunchrude expressionshitslang formsmut vulgarity

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More general

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expression inelegance lexemelexical categorylinguistic formprofanityspeech style featuretermword form

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10 entries

colloquial formcrude formcurse wordfoul languagefour letter wordobscene phraseobscene termslang formswear wordtaboo language

Collocations

6 entries

coarse expressionlow registeroffensive termslang formtaboo languagevulgar language

Inflections

1 entries

vulgarisms

Derivations

3 entries

vulgarist vulgaristic vulgarization

Sample sentences

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"Shit" is a vulgarism.

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We never descended to the vulgarism of a quarrel. People said that neither of us had a heart, but it appears to me that politeness is an excellent substitute.

Source: wiktionary

Editors of newspapers allow more vulgarisms to go to print today than they used to.

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