vulgarness
Lacking refined manners
Vulgarness is the quality of being vulgar—crude, coarse, or lacking in taste or refinement.
The word covers a range from mild tackiness to outright obscenity: the vulgarness of the décor, the vulgarness of his language.
Vulgarity is the more common noun for this quality.
Indecent word or act
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
- coarsenessRough or vulgar quality
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- indecencyOffensive or vulgar behavior
foulness · filthiness · raunchiness · smuttiness · bawdiness · ribaldry · off-color · blue language
Lack of polish
- boorishnessCrude, uncouth conduct
- crassnessTactless, unrefined behavior
- lowbrowLacking intellectual depth
- commonWidespread and unremarkable
unrefined · uncivilized · ill-mannered · gauche · classlessness · coarseness · roughness · peasantry
Tasteless, excessive ornamentation
- tackinessSticky or vulgar quality
- kitschTasteless, garish art
- flashinessOstentatious showiness
- garishnessExcessive, tasteless brightness
tastelessness · cheapness · showiness · loudness · brashness · ostentation · excess · over-the-top
obscenity
Indecent word or act
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
- coarsenessRough or vulgar quality
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
indecency · foulness · filthiness · raunchiness · smuttiness · bawdiness · ribaldry · off-color · blue language · expletives
uncouthness
Lack of polish
- boorishnessCrude, uncouth conduct
- crassnessTactless, unrefined behavior
- lowbrowLacking intellectual depth
common · unrefined · uncivilized · ill-mannered · gauche · classlessness · coarseness · roughness · peasantry · plebeian
gaudiness
Tasteless, excessive ornamentation
- tackinessSticky or vulgar quality
- kitschTasteless, garish art
- flashinessOstentatious showiness
garishness · tastelessness · cheapness · showiness · loudness · brashness · ostentation · excess · over-the-top · glitz
vulgarnessrefinement
Elegance of manner
elegance · sophistication · tastefulness · cultivation · polish
vulgarnessdecency
Moral appropriateness in behavior
propriety · modesty · decorum · respectability · seemliness
vulgarnessnobility
Titled ruling class
gentility · distinction · breeding · class · high-mindedness
vulgar, vulgarity, vulgarism, vulgarian, vulgarly, vulgarize, vulgarized, vulgarians, vulgarizing