vulgarity

Questions about vulgarity

What does vulgarity mean?

vulgarity means "the quality of lacking taste and refinement".

How many syllables are in vulgarity?

vulgarity has 4 syllables: vul-gar-i-ty. The stress falls on "gar". In IPA it is /vəlˈɡɛɹɪti/.

What is another word for vulgarity?

Close synonyms include coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarism, raunch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vulgarity a common word?

vulgarity is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.