vulgar
adjective
[ ˈvʌlɡə ]
• lacking sophistication or good taste.
• "a vulgar check suit"
Similar:
tasteless,
gross,
crass,
unrefined,
tawdry,
ostentatious,
flamboyant,
over-elaborate,
overdone,
showy,
flashy,
gaudy,
garish,
brassy,
kitsch,
tinselly,
flaunting,
glaring,
brash,
loud,
harsh,
flash,
tacky,
over the top,
OTT,
glitzy,
swanky,
impolite,
ill-mannered,
unmannerly,
indecorous,
unseemly,
ill-bred,
boorish,
low,
low-minded,
uncouth,
crude,
rough,
uncultured,
uncultivated,
unsophisticated,
illiterate,
uneducated,
philistine,
common,
ordinary,
low-born,
plebeian,
yobbish,
loutish,
plebby,
ignorant,
baseborn,
• making explicit and offensive reference to sex or bodily functions; coarse and rude.
• "a vulgar joke"
Similar:
rude,
indecent,
indelicate,
offensive,
distasteful,
obnoxious,
risqué,
suggestive,
racy,
earthy,
off colour,
colourful,
coarse,
crude,
ribald,
Rabelaisian,
bawdy,
obscene,
lewd,
salacious,
licentious,
vile,
depraved,
sordid,
smutty,
dirty,
filthy,
pornographic,
X-rated,
scatological,
profane,
foul,
foul-mouthed,
blasphemous,
abusive,
scurrilous,
sleazy,
porno,
porn,
raunchy,
naughty,
blue,
steamy,
spicy,
locker-room,
fruity,
saucy,
near the knuckle,
close to the bone,
gamy,
adult,
concupiscent,
• characteristic of or belonging to ordinary people.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin vulgaris, from vulgus ‘common people’. The original senses were ‘used in ordinary calculations’ (surviving in vulgar fraction) and ‘in ordinary use, used by the people’ (surviving in vulgar tongue).
