- vulgar
- adjective1)
a vulgar joke
Syn:rude, indecent, indelicate, offensive, distasteful, coarse, crude, ribald, risqué, naughty, suggestive, racy, earthy, off-color, bawdy, obscene, profane, lewd, salacious, smutty, dirty, filthy, pornographic, X-rated; informal sleazy, raunchy, blue, locker-room; saucy, salty; euphemistic adultAnt:decent, inoffensive2)the decor was lavish but vulgar
Syn:tasteless, crass, tawdry, ostentatious, flamboyant, overdone, showy, gaudy, garish, brassy, kitsch, kitschy, tinselly, loud; informal flash, flashy, tackyAnt:tasteful, restrained3)it is vulgar to belch in public
Syn:impolite, ill-mannered, unmannerly, rude, indecorous, unseemly, ill-bred, boorish, uncouth, crude, rough; unsophisticated, unrefined, common, low-minded; unladylike, ungentlemanlyAnt:genteel, decorous
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