vulgarity
US/vʌlˈɡɜɹɪti/
vulgarity noun: the quality of being vulgar.
Noun
vulgarity (countable and uncountable, plural vulgarities)
- 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
- An offensive or obscene act or expression.
- Synonyms:
- profanity
- A vulgar or obscene word
- Synonyms:
- swear word, curse word, profanity
vulgarity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
vulgarity in Hindi
- a vulgarity, expletive
- गंदगी gandagī
vulgarity in Tamil
- vulgarity; obscenity
- கொச்சை koccai
vulgarity in Urdu
- vulgarity, obscenity
- فحش fuhś
vulgarity in Bengali
- vulgarity, meanness
- অকিঞ্চনতা okinconota, অকিঞ্চনত্ব okinconotto
More languagesFewer languages
- vulgarity in Malayalam
- അസഭ്യം asabhyaṁ
- vulgarity in Malay
- makian, kata makian
Synonyms of vulgarity
Forms of vulgarity
| plural | vulgarities |
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Origin of vulgarity
From vulgar + -ity, from Latin vulgaritas.
Questions about vulgarity
- What does vulgarity mean?
- Vulgarity means the quality of being vulgar.
- What is vulgarity in Hindi?
- Vulgarity in Hindi is गंदगी (gandagī). See Vulgarity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vulgarity?
- Vulgarity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vulgarity?
- Vulgarity is pronounced /vʌlˈɡɜɹɪti/ (US).
- What is the plural of vulgarity?
- The plural of vulgarity is vulgarities.
Words near vulgarity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vulgarity (page history and authors); गंदगी (Hindi) (page history and authors); கொச்சை (Tamil) (page history and authors); فحش (Urdu) (page history and authors); অকিঞ্চনতা (Bengali) (page history and authors); അസഭ്യം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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