Vulgarity

Definition

vulgar /'vʌlgǝ(r)/ adj ၁။ ေအာက္တန္းက်ေသာ။ a vulgar display of wealth ❍ a loud and vulgar laugh. ၂။ ႐ိုင္းပ်ေသာ။ အရွက္အေၾကာက္မရိွေသာ။ ဟီရိဩတၱပၸ ကင္းမဲ့ေသာ။ a vulgar gesture/suggestion/joke. ❏ vulgar fraction n ႐ိုး႐ိုးအပိုင္းဂဏန္း။ Compare DECIMAL n ❏ vulgarity /vʌl'gærǝti/ n [U] ေအာက္တန္းက်ျခင္း။ အရွက္ကင္းမဲ့မႈ။ ႐ိုင္းပ်ျခင္း။ the vulgarity of his jokes ❍ That dress is the height of vulgarity. ❏ vulgarization , -isation /vʌlgǝraÇ'zeÇʃn; US -rǝ'z-/ n [U] ေပါ့တန္ေစျခင္း။ ❏ vulgarize , -ise /'vʌlgǝraÇz/ v ေပါ့တန္ေအာင္လုပ္သည္။ ေပါ့ျပက္ေအာင္လုပ္သည္။ ❏ vulgarly adv ေအာက္တန္းက်က်။ စုတ္စုတ္ပဲ့ပဲ့။ ခပ္ပဲ့ပဲ့။ a vulgarly furnished house.

Examples

1. ‘I do have a guilty secret - I watch one of the most trashy
2. vulgar programmes on British TV.’
3. ‘The Ipswich Express said his sermons were ‘Redolent of bad taste
4. vulgar
5. and theatrical.’’
6. ‘In neither case
7. of course
8. was art intended to be reduced to something vulgar or common - a mere commodity
9. for example
10. or propaganda.’
11. ‘We blame them for violence in society
12. vulgar tastes and a host of other ills.’
13. ‘Quite apart from the serious ethical questions surrounding the killing of animals for their fur
14. mink fell out of favour as it became associated with the vulgar side of wealth.’
15. ‘There is some truth to this image
16. which reflects a popular sense that wealth is vulgar.’
17. ‘I find the Metropolis vulgar
18. myself
19. but my business requires me to live here.’
20. ‘Manufacturers and importers are confident that there is now a market in India for what are called ‘luxury goods’
21. but are better described as products that are a vulgar display of extreme wealth.’
22. ‘Just as displaying great wealth is vulgar
23. so is excessive cheapness.’
24. ‘Yet it continues to be maligned by ‘proper’ musicians and cultural sophisticates as the epitome of vulgar kitsch.’
25. ‘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.’
26. ‘It's almost as common and vulgar as chewing gum while you're serving customers.’
27. ‘For example
28. in Japan fifty years ago it was considered vulgar to swim in a swimming suit but now bikinis are the norm.’
29. ‘Britain is a cultural treasure house
30. a center for entertainment from the most sophisticated to the very vulgar indeed.’
31. ‘Selznick is often portrayed as a vulgar showman
32. catering to the lowest taste of the great American public.’
33. ‘Columnist John Blunt questioned whether such stunts classed as entertainment
34. when in fact they showed rather poor
35. even vulgar
36. taste.’
37. ‘His anecdotal scenes featuring comic urchins were considered vulgar by critics but appealed to wealthy industrialists.’
38. ‘Characterized by an awkward blending of old and new architectural styles
39. it appealed to the general population
40. but sophisticates found it vulgar and ugly.’
41. ‘He was crude
42. tacky and brilliantly funny.’
43. ‘Looking out on Europe from the sheltered perspective of his home in Basle
44. Burckhardt deplored the arrival of mass society with its vulgar tastes
45. turbulent politics
46. and unlimited capacity for violence.’