vulgarises
Strips of refinement
To vulgarise something is to make it crude, coarse, or common—stripping away refinement or subtlety.
A film might vulgarise a literary classic by dumbing it down for mass appeal.
The word can also mean to make something accessible to ordinary people, though this sense carries condescension: He vulgarised complex philosophy for the masses.
British spelling of vulgarizes.
Reduces in value
- cheapensReduces in value
- degradesDiminishes in quality
- coarsensBecomes less refined
- lowersDecreases or brings down
demeans · sullies · taints · corrupts · defiles · profanes · pollutes · contaminates
Makes less complex
- oversimplifiesMakes excessively basic
- dumbs downLowers intellectual level
- dilutesReduces concentration by adding
- waters downThins by adding liquid
trivialises · reduces · mainstreams · commercialises · commodifies · sensationalises · popularises · accessible
Vulgar or obscene speech
- swearingProfane speech or vows
- cursingUsing profane language
- expletivesVulgar exclamations
- obscenitiesGrossly offensive language
crudeness · foul language · ribald · bawdy · off-color · indecent · lewd · scatological
debases
Reduces in value
lowers · demeans · sullies · taints · corrupts · defiles · profanes · pollutes · contaminates · besmirches
simplifies
Makes less complex
- oversimplifiesMakes excessively basic
- dumbs downLowers intellectual level
- dilutesReduces concentration by adding
waters down · trivialises · reduces · mainstreams · commercialises · commodifies · sensationalises · popularises · accessible · layperson
profanity
Vulgar or obscene speech
- swearingProfane speech or vows
- cursingUsing profane language
- expletivesVulgar exclamations
obscenities · crudeness · foul language · ribald · bawdy · off-color · indecent · lewd · scatological · blasphemous
vulgarisesrarefies
Decreases in density
intellectualizes · obscures · mystifies · complicates · abstracts
vulgarisessophisticates
Worldly, cultured individuals
complicates · intellectualises · elaborates · deepens · nuances