VULGARIAN Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

vulgarian

noun

Definition of vulgarian

as in boor

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Recent Examples of vulgarian Until crude vulgarians like Miller came along, no prominent American political figure would claim on our behalf a right to use our power for purely selfish ends, at the expense of other democratic states and foreign peoples. — Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026 Screenwriters, who were treated by the front office as the disposable help, got a measure of revenge by portraying their employers as idiots or vulgarians whose sole role in filmmaking was to write the checks and gum up the works. — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025 Not even the threat of a belligerent vulgarian named Shaggy Beard (Paul Kaye) as a prospective husband can derail the cheekiness. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2022 Their doom is predicted in De France’s perfect stone face and Depardieu’s worldly vulgarian; both personify the manipulation of naïveté and innocence. — Armond White, National Review, 10 June 2022 Because clever vulgarians are always trying to outwit state technology, the program also scans the messages backward. — Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019 This finding can serve as a nice empirical middle-finger from vulgarians everywhere, directed at those who had, until now, been unfairly judging them for their linguistic abilities. — Piercarlo Valdesolo, Scientific American, 5 Apr. 2016

Recent Examples of Synonyms for vulgarian

Noun

We’d be laughed at and called ignorant boors!

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
Now, if the board is made up of more boors than just the one, this may not be a workable solution.

— R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 16 July 2025

Definition of boor

Noun

The loudmouth shorts that Corporate America loves to hate are likely to stay on the sidelines a while longer – nobody likes the guy at the party complaining the music is too loud.

— Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
In general, the band members’ musical Venn diagram includes anything that has big energy and a loudmouth spirit.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 15 June 2026

Definition of loudmouth

Noun

Emiliano Martinez has made being a performative rotter his unique selling point.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 14 July 2026
As Beau, Brake is tall and gaunt, with burning eyes, a rotter who looks like Steve Buscemi crossed with David Byrne crossed with a human rattlesnake who’s a lifelong junkie.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 May 2024

Definition of rotter

Noun

This take on the mad clown of Gotham is less Jack Nicholson and George Romero, choosing a more stoic approach inspired by Conrad Veidt silent films and German expressionism.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 23 July 2026
Mimi said one customer had a picture of a scary clown in his profile and his name listed as MURDER, in all caps.

— Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2026

Definition of clown

Noun

Filming the sequence where Circe lures the soldiers to her cabin, drugs them and then transforms them into swine using her bare hands was a thrill.

— Brent Lang, Variety, 18 July 2026
Nolan confirmed in his TIME interview that Samantha Morton had been cast as Circe, a goddess Odysseus and his soldiers meet on their journey home, who can transform men into swine.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Definition of swine

Noun

The world drew heavily from the paintings of fantasy illustrator Frank Frazetta, who depicted scenes of barbarians and beasts in conflict, of pulp fiction heroes, femme fatales, and fierce warrior women.

— Steve Appleford, SPIN, 29 June 2026
To an outsider, the scene may spark a certain Schadenfreude, like an army of tiny barbarians sacking Rome.

— Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Definition of barbarian

Noun

This arrangement worked well until the vine-killing louse made its way from Bordeaux to Rioja and destroyed the vineyards there, which upended the region’s industry for decades.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 26 June 2026
Soaking in the warm water may disrupt louse activity or egg placement within their fur.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2026

Definition of louse

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