{ "vulgarly":{ "as in inappropriately , unsuitably":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "inappropriately", "incorrectly", "indecently", "reprehensibly", "unsuitably", "intolerably", "unbearably", "naughtily", "abysmally", "atrociously", "awfully", "damnably", "deplorably", "detestably", "disastrously", "dreadfully", "execrably", "horrendously", "horribly", "horrifically", "rottenly", "terribly", "egregiously", "flagrantly", "grossly", "bad", "badly", "deficiently", "inadequately", "lousily", "poorly", "unacceptably", "unsatisfactorily", "wretchedly", "miserably", "shoddily", "sleazily", "trashily", "unspeakably", "abominably", "odiously", "vilely", "inferiorly", "insufficiently", "meagerly", "meanly", "niggardly", "scantily", "scantly", "shabbily", "skimpily", "sparely", "stingily" ], "near antonyms":[ "acceptably", "adequately", "all right", "fine", "good", "nicely", "OK", "okay", "palatably", "passably", "satisfactorily", "so-so", "tolerably", "well", "appropriately", "congruously", "correctly", "decently", "decorously", "felicitously", "fittingly", "meetly", "rightly", "seemly", "suitably", "exactly", "faithfully", "ideally", "precisely", "respectably", "gratifyingly", "satisfyingly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "vulgarity":{ "the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste":{ "examples":[ "our cousins' general vulgarity and poor manners irritate my mother" ], "synonyms":[ "coarseness", "commonness", "crassness", "crudeness", "crudity", "grossness", "indelicacy", "indelicateness", "lowness", "raffishness", "rawness", "roughness", "rudeness", "tastelessness" ], "near synonyms":[ "boorishness", "brutishness", "churlishness", "clownishness", "loutishness", "rowdiness", "rusticity", "uncouthness", "artlessness", "gracelessness", "inelegance", "unsophistication", "insensitiveness", "insensitivity", "thoughtlessness", "kitsch", "tackiness" ], "near antonyms":[ "courtliness", "urbanity", "elegance", "grace", "graciousness", "consideration", "sensitivity", "thoughtfulness" ], "antonyms":[ "cultivation", "genteelness", "gentility", "polish", "refinement", "tastefulness" ] }, "the quality or state of being obscene":{ "examples":[ "the pointless vulgarity of the joke disgusted her" ], "synonyms":[ "bawdiness", "blueness", "coarseness", "crudeness", "crudity", "dirt", "dirtiness", "filth", "filthiness", "foulness", "grossness", "impureness", "impurity", "indecency", "lasciviousness", "lewdness", "nastiness", "obscenity", "profanity", "raunch", "raunchiness", "ribaldry", "smut", "smuttiness", "wantonness" ], "near synonyms":[ "broadness", "earthiness", "gaminess", "raciness", "saltiness", "suggestiveness", "immodesty", "indecorousness", "indelicacy", "indelicateness", "lowness", "unbecomingness", "lechery", "depravedness", "depravity", "kinkiness", "naughtiness", "perverseness", "perversion", "perversity", "pervertedness", "wickedness", "exceptionability", "objectionableness", "unacceptability", "undesirability", "reprehensibility", "reprehensibleness", "abusiveness", "scurrilousness", "atrociousness", "atrocity", "infamy", "loathsomeness", "offensiveness", "repellency", "repugnance", "repulsiveness", "distastefulness", "obnoxiousness", "unpleasantness" ], "near antonyms":[ "priggery", "priggishness", "primness", "prudery", "prudishness", "puritanism", "correctness", "decency", "decorousness", "decorum", "seemliness", "appropriateness", "fitness", "suitability", "suitableness", "perfection", "purity", "spotlessness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "vulture":{ "a person who habitually preys upon others":{ "examples":[ "noted that the paparazzi are vultures who could not exist without the connivance of the tabloid-buying public" ], "synonyms":[ "bloodsucker", "buzzard", "harpy", "kite", "predator", "shark", "vampire", "wolf" ], "near synonyms":[ "exploiter", "user", "leech", "sponge", "sponger", "destroyer", "devourer" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "prey" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "vulgarism":{ "a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{ "examples":[ "used vulgarisms that embarrassed his family" ], "synonyms":[ "curse", "cuss", "cussword", "dirty word", "expletive", "four-letter word", "obscenity", "profanity", "swear", "swearword" ], "near synonyms":[ "bawdry", "language", "scurrility", "execration", "imprecation", "malediction", "epithet", "name", "oath" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "vulgarians":{ "as in loudmouths":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "loudmouths", "bastards", "beasts", "bleeders", "blighters", "boors", "bounders", "buggers", "buzzards", "cads", "chuffs", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "cruds", "crumbs", "curs", "dirtbags", "dogs", "finks", "heels", "hounds", "jerks", "jokers", "louses", "louts", "pills", "rat finks", "rats", "reptiles", "rotters", "schmucks", "scumbags", "scums", "scuzzballs", "skunks", "skunk", "sleazebags", "sleazeballs", "sleazes", "slimeballs", "slimes", "slobs", "snakes", "so-and-sos", "so-and-so's", "sods", "stinkards", "stinkers", "swine", "toads", "varmints", "vermin", "barbarians", "brutes", "cavemen", "Neanderthals", "savages", "lowlifes", "lowlives", "miscreants", "rascals", "rogues", "roughnecks", "scabs", "scamps", "scoundrels", "villains", "wretches", "boobies", "doofuses", "dufuses", "fools", "jackasses", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "nits", "nitwits", "nuts", "schmoes", "airheads", "birdbrains", "blockheads", "dinks", "dolts", "dopes", "dorks", "goons", "half-wits", "idiots", "imbeciles", "morons", "turkeys", "brats", "gossips", "insolents", "nuisances", "pests", "snips", "snobs", "snoots", "snots", "dweebs", "nerds" ], "near antonyms":[ "heroes", "heroines", "idols", "role models", "gentlemen", "ladies", "angels", "saints" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "vulnerableness":{ "as in exposure , vulnerability":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "exposure", "liability", "openness", "violability", "vulnerability", "harm's way", "susceptibility", "susceptibleness", "instability", "precariousness", "hazard", "risk", "threat" ], "near antonyms":[ "caution", "fail-safe", "insurance", "palladium", "precaution", "preventative", "preventive", "safeguard", "lock", "defense", "shield" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "vulgarizing":{ "to use so much as to make less appealing":{ "examples":[ "the composer's masterpiece has been hopelessly vulgarized by its use in countless TV commercials" ], "synonyms":[ "hackneying", "overexposing", "overusing", "stereotyping" ], "near synonyms":[ "boring", "exhausting", "overdoing", "coarsening", "depleting", "jading", "tiring", "wearing out", "popularizing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "vulnerability":{ "the quality or state of having little resistance to some outside agent":{ "examples":[ "vulnerability to infection" ], "synonyms":[ "defenselessness", "susceptibility", "weakness" ], "near synonyms":[ "helplessness", "powerlessness", "passiveness", "passivity", "feebleness", "frailness", "frailty", "infirmity", "exposure", "liability", "openness", "predisposition", "proneness", "sensitivity", "receptiveness", "receptivity", "easiness", "gullibility", "na\u00efvet\u00e9", "naivete", "naivet\u00e9", "credulity", "credulousness" ], "near antonyms":[ "immunity", "impenetrability", "indomitability", "indomitableness", "invincibility" ], "antonyms":[ "invulnerability" ] }, "the state of being left without shelter or protection against something harmful":{ "examples":[ "the vulnerability of the car to vandalism when it's parked on the street" ], "synonyms":[ "exposure", "liability", "openness" ], "near synonyms":[ "predisposition", "susceptibility", "defenselessness", "helplessness", "weakness", "danger", "jeopardy", "peril", "risk" ], "near antonyms":[ "protection", "safeguarding", "sheltering", "shielding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "vulgarian":{ "as in loudmouth":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "loudmouth", "bastard", "beast", "bleeder", "blighter", "boor", "bounder", "bugger", "buzzard", "cad", "chuff", "churl", "clown", "creep", "crud", "crumb", "cur", "dirtbag", "dog", "fink", "heel", "hound", "jerk", "joker", "louse", "lout", "pill", "rat", "rat fink", "reptile", "rotter", "schmuck", "scum", "scumbag", "scuzzball", "skunk", "sleaze", "sleazebag", "sleazeball", "slime", "slimeball", "slob", "snake", "so-and-so", "sod", "stinkard", "stinker", "swine", "toad", "varmint", "vermin", "barbarian", "brute", "caveman", "Neanderthal", "savage", "lowlife", "miscreant", "rascal", "rogue", "roughneck", "scab", "scamp", "scoundrel", "villain", "wretch", "booby", "doofus", "fool", "jackass", "nincompoop", "ninny", "nit", "nitwit", "nut", "schmo", "schmoe", "airhead", "birdbrain", "blockhead", "dink", "dolt", "dope", "dork", "goon", "half-wit", "idiot", "imbecile", "moron", "turkey", "brat", "gossip", "insolent", "nuisance", "pest", "snip", "snob", "snoot", "snot", "dweeb", "nerd" ], "near antonyms":[ "hero", "heroine", "idol", "role model", "gentleman", "lady", "angel", "saint" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "vulgarisms":{ "a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{ "examples":[ "used vulgarisms that embarrassed his family" ], "synonyms":[ "curses", "cusses", "cusswords", "dirty words", "expletives", "four-letter words", "obscenities", "profanities", "swears", "swearwords" ], "near synonyms":[ "bawdries", "languages", "scurrilities", "execrations", "imprecations", "maledictions", "epithets", "names", "oaths" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "vulgarized":{ "to use so much as to make less appealing":{ "examples":[ "the composer's masterpiece has been hopelessly vulgarized by its use in countless TV commercials" ], "synonyms":[ "hackneyed", "overexposed", "overused", "stereotyped" ], "near synonyms":[ "bored", "exhausted", "overdid", "coarsened", "depleted", "jaded", "tired", "wore out", "popularized" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "vulgarizes":{ "to use so much as to make less appealing":{ "examples":[ "the composer's masterpiece has been hopelessly vulgarized by its use in countless TV commercials" ], "synonyms":[ "hackneys", "overexposes", "overuses", "stereotypes" ], "near synonyms":[ "bores", "exhausts", "overdoes", "coarsens", "depletes", "jades", "tires", "wears out", "popularizes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "vulgarize":{ "to use so much as to make less appealing":{ "examples":[ "the composer's masterpiece has been hopelessly vulgarized by its use in countless TV commercials" ], "synonyms":[ "hackney", "overexpose", "overuse", "stereotype" ], "near synonyms":[ "bore", "exhaust", "overdo", "coarsen", "deplete", "jade", "tire", "wear out", "popularize" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "vultures":{ "a person who habitually preys upon others":{ "examples":[ "noted that the paparazzi are vultures who could not exist without the connivance of the tabloid-buying public" ], "synonyms":[ "bloodsuckers", "buzzards", "harpies", "kites", "predators", "sharks", "vampires", "wolves" ], "near synonyms":[ "exploiters", "users", "leeches", "spongers", "sponges", "destroyers", "devourers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "prey", "preys" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "vulgar":{ "belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank":{ "examples":[ "paintings that appeal to vulgar tastes" ], "synonyms":[ "baseborn", "common", "humble", "ignoble", "inferior", "low", "low-life", "lowborn", "lower-class", "lowly", "lumpen", "mean", "plebeian", "prole", "proletarian", "unwashed" ], "near synonyms":[ "bourgeois", "middle-class", "plain", "poor", "simple", "working-class", "d\u00e9class\u00e9", "down-market", "downscale" ], "near antonyms":[ "eminent", "illustrious", "notable", "prominent" ], "antonyms":[ "aristocratic", "blue-blooded", "genteel", "gentle", "grand", "great", "high", "highborn", "highbred", "lofty", "noble", "patrician", "upper-class", "upper-crust", "wellborn" ] }, "depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{ "examples":[ "a warning about the movie's vulgar language" ], "synonyms":[ "bawdy", "blue", "coarse", "crude", "dirty", "filthy", "foul", "gross", "gutter", "impure", "indecent", "lascivious", "lewd", "locker-room", "nasty", "obscene", "pornographic", "porny", "profane", "raunchy", "ribald", "smutty", "stag", "trashy", "unprintable", "wanton", "X-rated" ], "near synonyms":[ "broad", "coarse-grained", "gamy", "gamey", "off", "off-color", "off-colored", "racy", "risqu\u00e9", "salacious", "salty", "suggestive", "barnyard", "earthy", "scatological", "immodest", "indecorous", "indelicate", "low", "unbecoming", "depraved", "kinky", "louche", "naughty", "perverse", "perverted", "wicked", "exceptionable", "objectionable", "unacceptable", "undesirable", "unwanted", "unwelcome", "abhorrent", "debasing", "disgusting", "loathsome", "offensive", "repellent", "repellant", "repugnant", "repulsive", "revolting", "distasteful", "obnoxious", "unpleasant", "blamable", "blameworthy", "censurable", "reprehensible", "atrocious", "infamous", "abusive", "scurrilous", "hard-core", "soft", "soft-core" ], "near antonyms":[ "priggish", "prim", "prudish", "puritanical", "staid", "straitlaced", "straightlaced", "Victorian", "correct", "decorous", "genteel", "nice", "polite", "proper", "respectable", "seemly", "innocuous", "inoffensive", "acceptable", "agreeable", "desirable", "pleasant", "pleasing", "welcome", "appropriate", "becoming", "fit", "meet", "suitable", "immaculate", "perfect", "pure", "spotless", "virginal", "approved", "endorsed", "indorsed", "sanctioned" ], "antonyms":[ "clean", "decent", "G-rated", "nonobscene", "wholesome" ] }, "held by or applicable to a majority of the people":{ "examples":[ "the vulgar opinion is that the nation is in decline" ], "synonyms":[ "common", "general", "majority", "overall", "popular", "prevailing", "public", "received", "ruling" ], "near synonyms":[ "unanimous", "universal", "pop", "everyday", "familiar", "household", "usual", "well-known", "contemporary", "current", "present", "dominant", "predominant", "preponderant", "characteristic", "typical", "pandemic", "pervasive", "prevalent", "rife", "widespread", "communal", "shared" ], "near antonyms":[ "rare", "strange", "unknown", "unusual", "distinctive", "especial", "idiosyncratic", "peculiar", "special", "unique", "individual", "separate", "singular", "nonpublic", "personal", "private" ], "antonyms":[ "uncommon", "unpopular" ] }, "lacking in refinement or good taste":{ "examples":[ "vulgar behavior shown by someone who's made a lot of money and wants everyone to know it" ], "synonyms":[ "coarse", "common", "crass", "crude", "gross", "ill-bred", "illiberal", "incult", "insensible", "low", "lowbred", "lowbrow", "raffish", "rough", "rough-hewn", "roughneck", "rude", "rugged", "tasteless", "uncouth", "uncultivated", "uncultured", "unpolished", "unrefined" ], "near synonyms":[ "boorish", "churlish", "cloddish", "clownish", "loutish", "ungentlemanly", "clumsy", "lubberly", "lumpish", "oafish", "inconsiderate", "indelicate", "insensitive", "thoughtless", "countrified", "countryfied", "provincial", "rustic", "rustical", "unsophisticated", "graceless", "inelegant", "tacky", "animallike", "barbaric", "barbarous", "uncivilized", "mannerless", "unmannered", "unmannerly" ], "near antonyms":[ "aristocratic", "courtly", "patrician", "elegant", "graceful", "restrained", "considerate", "gracious", "sensitive", "thoughtful", "citified", "sophisticated", "urbane" ], "antonyms":[ "civilized", "cultivated", "cultured", "genteel", "polished", "refined", "smooth", "tasteful", "ultrarefined", "well-bred" ] }, "used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing":{ "examples":[ "Latin was once the language of scholars, and English the vulgar language used by the common people" ], "synonyms":[ "colloquial", "conversational", "informal", "nonformal", "nonliterary", "unbookish", "unliterary", "vernacular" ], "near synonyms":[ "dialectal", "dialectical", "dialectic", "nonstandard", "regional", "incorrect", "nongrammatical", "substandard", "uneducated", "ungrammatical", "unlearned", "slang", "slangy" ], "near antonyms":[ "standard", "undialectical", "correct", "educated", "genteel", "grammatical", "proper" ], "antonyms":[ "bookish", "formal", "learned", "literary" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "vulnerable":{ "being in a situation where one is likely to meet with harm":{ "examples":[ "I'm vulnerable to sunburn whenever I go out in the sun" ], "synonyms":[ "endangered", "exposed", "liable", "open", "sensitive", "subject (to)", "susceptible" ], "near synonyms":[ "likely", "prone", "uncovered", "undefended", "unguarded", "unprotected", "unscreened", "unsecured" ], "near antonyms":[ "covered", "guarded", "protected", "safeguarded", "screened", "secured", "sheltered", "shielded", "warded" ], "antonyms":[ "insusceptible", "invulnerable", "unexposed", "unsusceptible" ] }, "lacking protection from danger or resistance against attack":{ "examples":[ "vulnerable baby chicks" ], "synonyms":[ "defenseless", "exposed", "helpless", "susceptible", "undefended", "unguarded", "unprotected", "unresistant" ], "near synonyms":[ "indefensible", "untenable", "uncovered", "unsafe", "overcome", "preyed (on or upon)", "disarmed", "passive", "resistless", "unarmed", "feeble", "frail", "weak", "abandoned", "high and dry", "marooned" ], "near antonyms":[ "defensible", "covered", "fortified", "safe", "screened", "secure", "sheltered", "armed", "armored", "immune", "impenetrable", "impregnable", "invincible", "strong", "unassailable", "unbeatable", "unconquerable", "almighty", "omnipotent" ], "antonyms":[ "guarded", "invulnerable", "protected", "resistant", "shielded" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] } }