VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / vulgarity

Thesaurus: vulgarity

The quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; the state of the lower classes of society.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

qualitydefinitionrefinementdefinitionstatedefinitionvulgardefinitionabsencedefinitionclassesdefinitionclownishnessdefinitioncoarsenessdefinitionconditiondefinitiongrossnessdefinitionlackingdefinitionlanguagedefinitionlifedefinitionlowerdefinitionmannersdefinitionmeandefinitionsocietydefinitiontastedefinitionbrownedefinitionfairdefinitionfrequentersdefinitionJonsondefinitionreprobatedefinitionsirdefinitionVulgar Latinfamilyvulgarianfamilyvulgariansfamilyvulgarisationfamily

Definitions

  1. n. The quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; the state of the lower classes of society.
  2. n. Grossness or clownishness of manners of language; absence of refinement; coarseness.
  3. n. the quality of lacking taste and refinement
  4. 1. The quality or state of being vulgar; mean condition of life; the state of the lower classes of society. Sir T. Browne. 2. Grossness or clownishness of manners of language; absence of refinement; coarseness. The reprobate vulgarity of the frequenters of Bartholomew Fair. B. Jonson.
  5. n:100 n the quality of lacking taste and refinement