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vulgarities

vulgarities is the plural of vulgarity.

Meaning of vulgarity

Noun

vulgarity (countable and uncountable, plural vulgarities)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being vulgar.
    • You will observe that I have not yet indulged myself in calling her by that name, even to you. Think, then, what I must have endured in hearing it bandied between the Eltons with all the vulgarity of needless repetition, and all the insolence of imaginary superiority1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume III, chapter 13
  2. (countable) An offensive or obscene act or expression.
    Synonyms:
    profanity
  3. (countable, specifically) A vulgar or obscene word

Questions about vulgarities

What is vulgarities the plural of?
Vulgarities is the plural of vulgarity.

Words near vulgarities in the dictionary

  1. vulgarising
  2. vulgarism
  3. vulgarisms
  4. vulgarist
  5. vulgarists
  6. vulgarities
  7. vulgarity
  8. vulgarization
  9. vulgarizations
  10. vulgarize
  11. vulgarized

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