vulgar

/ˈvʌlɡə/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈvʌlɡə/

vulgar

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final r is pronounced in US English

vul - gar -> vulgar

Myanmar meaning

ကြမ်းတမ်းသော။ မူရင်းအတိုင်းဖြစ်သော။ ရသကင်းမဲ့သော။ လူပြိန်းနှင့် သက်ဆိုင်သော။ ပေါများသော၊ ရိုးရိုးအတန်းအစားဖြစ်သည်။

Full entry

vulgar /'vʌlgǝ(r)/ adj

၁။ အောက်တန်းကျသော။ a vulgar display of wealth ❍ a loud and vulgar laugh.
၂။ ရိုင်းပျသော။ အရှက်အကြောက်မရှိသော။ ဟီရိဩတ္တပ္ပ ကင်းမဲ့သော။
a vulgar gesture/suggestion/joke.
❏ vulgar fraction n ရိုးရိုးအပိုင်းဂဏန်း။ Compare DECIMAL n
❏ vulgarity /vʌl'gærǝti/ n [U] အောက်တန်းကျခြင်း။ အရှက်ကင်းမဲ့မှု။ ရိုင်းပျခြင်း။ the vulgarity of his jokes ❍ That dress is the height of vulgarity.
❏ vulgarization , -isation /vʌlgǝraÇ'zeÇʃn; US -rǝ'z-/ n [U] ပေါ့တန်စေခြင်း။
❏ vulgarize , -ise /'vʌlgǝraÇz/ v ပေါ့တန်အောင်လုပ်သည်။ ပေါ့ပြက်အောင်လုပ်သည်။
❏ vulgarly adv အောက်တန်းကျကျ။ စုတ်စုတ်ပဲ့ပဲ့။ ခပ်ပဲ့ပဲ့။ a vulgarly furnished house.

More examples

‘I do have a guilty secret - I watch one of the most trashy, vulgar programmes on British TV.’
‘The Ipswich Express said his sermons were ‘Redolent of bad taste, vulgar, and theatrical.’’
‘In neither case, of course, was art intended to be reduced to something vulgar or common - a mere commodity, for example, or propaganda.’
‘We blame them for violence in society, vulgar tastes and a host of other ills.’
‘Quite apart from the serious ethical questions surrounding the killing of animals for their fur, mink fell out of favour as it became associated with the vulgar side of wealth.’
‘There is some truth to this image, which reflects a popular sense that wealth is vulgar.’
‘I find the Metropolis vulgar, myself, but my business requires me to live here.’
‘Manufacturers and importers are confident that there is now a market in India for what are called ‘luxury goods’, but are better described as products that are a vulgar display of extreme wealth.’
‘Just as displaying great wealth is vulgar, so is excessive cheapness.’
‘Yet it continues to be maligned by ‘proper’ musicians and cultural sophisticates as the epitome of vulgar kitsch.’
‘Many thought the painting vulgar and tawdry in its intention but many more adopted it as a contemporary religious icon and so it became one of the most popular paintings in the civic collection.’
‘It's almost as common and vulgar as chewing gum while you're serving customers.’
‘For example, in Japan fifty years ago it was considered vulgar to swim in a swimming suit but now bikinis are the norm.’
‘Britain is a cultural treasure house, a center for entertainment from the most sophisticated to the very vulgar indeed.’
‘Selznick is often portrayed as a vulgar showman, catering to the lowest taste of the great American public.’
‘Columnist John Blunt questioned whether such stunts classed as entertainment, when in fact they showed rather poor, even vulgar, taste.’
‘His anecdotal scenes featuring comic urchins were considered vulgar by critics but appealed to wealthy industrialists.’
‘Characterized by an awkward blending of old and new architectural styles, it appealed to the general population, but sophisticates found it vulgar and ugly.’
‘He was crude, tacky and brilliantly funny.’
‘Looking out on Europe from the sheltered perspective of his home in Basle, Burckhardt deplored the arrival of mass society with its vulgar tastes, turbulent politics, and unlimited capacity for violence.’

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Antonyms

aesthetic, artistic, chaste, clean, decent, fashionable, gentle, inoffensive, moral, nice, pleasant, pleasing, polite, pure, refined, sophisticated, tasteful