vulgarity
Origin of vulgarity
1Other words for vulgarity
Other words from vulgarity
- non·vul·gar·i·ty, noun, plural non·vul·gar·i·ties.
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How to use vulgarity in a sentence
“FFV,” First Families of Virginia, is a lineage society whose members would likely disapprove of such vulgarity.
Homosexuality, an ‘inherently divisive concept’ at UVA | Charles Francis | March 11, 2022 | Washington BladeThe editors who denounced Benglis in 1974 called the magazine image “an object of extreme vulgarity.”
Artist Lynda Benglis became controversial in an instant, but her career has thrived for decades | Philip Kennicott | August 26, 2021 | Washington PostI can see vulgarity and ugliness anywhere I want to look, and I can see it for free.
‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ Is an Empty Pit of Nihilism | Teo Bugbee | June 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTExplicitness and vulgarity are both different subsets of honesty, both very necessary.
The Modern ‘Lolita’: Dramatizing the Mind of a Female Pedophile in Alissa Nutting’s ‘Tampa’ | Roxane Gay | June 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSometimes I wonder if I actually believe in vulgarity, as a concept.
The Modern ‘Lolita’: Dramatizing the Mind of a Female Pedophile in Alissa Nutting’s ‘Tampa’ | Roxane Gay | June 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Where do you see the line between explicitness and vulgarity?
The Modern ‘Lolita’: Dramatizing the Mind of a Female Pedophile in Alissa Nutting’s ‘Tampa’ | Roxane Gay | June 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWilde deplored American commercialism and vulgarity, but he admired American simplicity and decency.
Smoking now is as common as eating and drinking, and to smoke amongst ladies is a vulgarity.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.There is no surer mark of vulgarity than over dressing or gay dressing in the street.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleySo that the Provençal language, in spite of everything, keeps a certain patois vulgarity.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerIt is said that the late Ward McAllister shrank with peculiar distaste from the vulgarity of divorce.
The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 | Variousvulgarity, mother says, is pretending to be what you are not.
Sarah's School Friend | May Baldwin
British Dictionary definitions for vulgarity
/ (vʌlˈɡærɪtɪ) /
the condition of being vulgar; lack of good manners
a vulgar action, phrase, etc
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