vulgarity
noun[UorC]
disapprovinguk/vʌlˈɡær.ə.ti/us/vʌlˈɡer.ə.t̬i/vulgaritynoun[U or C](BAD TASTE)
[U]
thequalityof not beingsuitable,simple, orbeautiful, or not in thestylepreferredbyrichor well-educatedpeople:
粗俗,庸俗,不雅Hedespisedmoderncultureforitscommercialismand vulgarity.他鄙视现代文化的商业主义和庸俗。
Popularmoviesoften have akitschyvulgarity that can beirresistiblyentertaining.流行的电影往往有一种俗不可耐的粗俗,可以让人无法抗拒地享受。
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vulgar
- Thistoyis for design-consciousadultswho would neverallowkitschvulgarity intotheirhouse.
- You couldseeyoungwomenproducingembroideredpicturesof suchextremevulgarity youwantedtocry.
Not attractive to look at
- back end
- be no oil paintingidiom
- be not much to look atidiom
- bleakly
- bleakness
- chintzy
- excrescence
- gopping
- gracelessly
- hatchet-faced
- have a face like the back end of a busidiom
- hideous
- hideousness
- plug-ugly
- pretty
- pretty-pretty
- reptilian
- scrappily
- unsightly
- vulgarly
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Unsuitable and unacceptable
vulgaritynoun[U or C](RUDENESS)
[CorU]
thequalityof beingrudeandlikelytoupsetorangerpeople,especiallyby referring tosexor thebody, or something such as a phrase that isrudein this way:
下流的、猥亵的事情或言语We will notpostanycommentsthatcontainvulgarity.我们不会发布任何粗俗的评论。
Therestaurantestablishedastandardofbehaviourforemployees,prohibitingextremevulgarities.餐厅为员工制定了行为标准,禁止特别粗俗的言行。
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vulgar
- Quick toanger, hecallsboth hisaidesandpoliticalenemiesunprintablevulgarities.
- He isn'tcoarseorvulgar; he usescoarsenessand vulgarity for apurpose.
- Ihatedtheideaof going in there among all thosejournalistswiththeirgood-naturedvulgarity.
Rude and cheeky
- cheekily
- cheekiness
- churlish
- churlishly
- churlishness
- coarse
- coarsely
- discourteous
- fruity
- gall
- impudent
- offensively
- offensiveness
- potty mouth
- potty-mouthed
- presume
- presumptuously
- ripe
- temerity
- unrepeatable