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

Don't be one of those loudmouths yelling and screaming and pretending.

— Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
But to his legions of enemies — from MAGA reactionaries to the Anti-Defamation League to mere centrist Democrats — Piker is a loudmouth extremist who’s actively harming the country.

— Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of loudmouth

Noun

That self-deprecating description opens Tony, writer-director Matt Johnson’s movie about the one crazy summer that changed a thoughtless young lout’s life; for good measure, the quote does double duty as the tagline on the film’s poster.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
That isn’t enough to humble our black-eyed lout, but spending a few months as a dishwasher at The Flagship in exchange for getting to sleep on the head chef’s hammock soon will.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 July 2026

Definition of lout

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

But my favorite Tim Curry performance will always be Pennywise, the clown in Tommy Lee Wallace’s 1990 miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s It, which, compared to Andy Muschietti’s mega popular pair of films, is modest, even a little lame.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
Curry, who died Tuesday at 80, made a gleefully evil turn as a clown that sparked nightmares for legions of Gen X and millennial viewers that continue to haunt to this day.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of clown

Noun

Corn is reportedly the crop most commonly damaged by feral swine.

— Chris Boyer, Scientific American, 16 Aug. 2026
Judge Montana Beck of Reno, Nevada, evaluated the market beef, swine, lamb and goats before choosing the Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion winners in each species.

— Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 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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