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vulgarity Definition

vul·gar·ity (vul ger′ə tē, -gar′-)

noun

  1. the state or quality of being vulgar, crude, coarse, unrefined, etc.
  2. pl. vulgarities -·ties a vulgar act, habit, usage in speech, etc.

Etymology: LL vulgaritas

vulgarity Synonyms

vulgarity

n.

impudence, discourtesy, crudity, indecency; see rudeness.

vulgarity Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: If you cough near it or use a vulgarity in its presence.
  • have: Real seaside jolliness is not self consciously artful, it has a robust vulgarity and is often tawdry.
  • avoid: The splendor displays the riches, dignity and good taste of the hunters while avoiding vulgarity.
  • contain: Ads may not contain vulgarity, or comments related to violence, hate, or references of a sexual nature.

Adjective modifier

  • such: The hippies in charge of the society back then would never have condoned such common vulgarity.
  • crude: The extravagant rhetoric of Lord Horror is replaced here by the crude vulgarity of the Volk.
  • sheer: He is that loudmouth of the 1980s who was too cocksure by half, and achieved popularity through sheer vulgarity alone.
vulgarity Quotes

   While this America settles in the mould of its vulgarity, heavily thickening to empire.

—Jeffers, (John) Robinson

Fashion constantly begins and ends in the two things it abhors most, singularity and vulgarity.

—Hazlitt,William