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Recent Examples of vulgarian
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.
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Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
The result is the worst of both worlds: Washington is still pursuing a misguided grand strategy, but now with an incompetent vulgarian in the White House.
—Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
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
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
Because clever vulgarians are always trying to outwit state technology, the program also scans the messages backward.
—Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
Accordingly, Post marched her readers through the various types of dressers — the vulgarian, the unnoticeable, the sheep, and the greatest of all: The Woman Who Is Really Chic — as well as the proper dress for all settings.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 27 June 2019
Mark Lewis Jones plays Thomas Griffiths, a gruff vulgarian partnered with the pious Thomas Howell (Michael Jibson) at Smalls Lighthouse, about 20 miles off the coast.
—Noel Murray, latimes.com, 5 July 2018
Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
The result is the worst of both worlds: Washington is still pursuing a misguided grand strategy, but now with an incompetent vulgarian in the White House.
—Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
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
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
Because clever vulgarians are always trying to outwit state technology, the program also scans the messages backward.
—Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
Accordingly, Post marched her readers through the various types of dressers — the vulgarian, the unnoticeable, the sheep, and the greatest of all: The Woman Who Is Really Chic — as well as the proper dress for all settings.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 27 June 2019
Mark Lewis Jones plays Thomas Griffiths, a gruff vulgarian partnered with the pious Thomas Howell (Michael Jibson) at Smalls Lighthouse, about 20 miles off the coast.
—Noel Murray, latimes.com, 5 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vulgarian
Noun
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For their part, the Russians considered the Mizrahim—indeed, most Israelis—loud, uncultured boors.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
5 Oct. 2024
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Trucco brings a sleazy menace to Rufus, an arrogant boor who underestimates how far Madeline and Roderick will go to usurp him.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
9 Oct. 2023
Noun
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In Pitt's performance, his calm in the face of enormous risk speaks louder than a ferocious loudmouth ever could.—
Derek Scancarelli,
EW.com,
27 June 2025
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Will's efforts to breathe life into the struggling business are constantly disrupted by his loudmouth cousin Shane (Gillis), who works at the shop but seems more interested in messing with Will than helping out.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
5 June 2025
Noun
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There’s at least one major shoe that could drop — why devote an entire episode to the Gemstone origin story if that gold Bible isn’t going to pay off somehow? — but The Righteous Gemstones loves these grotesque, dysfunctional louts.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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And when someone does cross the line, like the louts who doused cops in Harlem and Brownsville with water in 2019, most officers have shown remarkable restraint.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2024
Noun
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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
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Some experts say bed rotters are onto something, but there may be a right way to think about it.—
BYAlexa Mikhail,
Fortune Well,
10 July 2023
Noun
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An evil clown turned serial killer who terrorizes a fictional New York City borough during Halloween and Christmas will join a maniacal lineup of murderers, mutants and monsters during this year’s Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
10 July 2025
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White-stripe nails Circus-stripe nails Just like a striped Big Top tent, this circus set is complete with stars and clowns.—
Dominic Cadogan,
Glamour,
9 July 2025
Noun
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Jess spent the previous week sorting her herd, selecting the six largest non-breeding swine.—
Bennet Goldstein,
jsonline.com,
4 July 2025
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The idea of putting him in a Kevin Smith movie is just pearls before swine.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
7 June 2025
Noun
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Once, some 2,000 years ago, so many such personages (then known as barbarians) came to Paris simultaneously that the city was destroyed.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
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This new Leo is poised to save America’s democracy from American barbarians within, seeking to destroy centuries of democratic compromise toward a more perfect union.—
Emmett Coyne,
The Hill,
23 May 2025
Noun
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The reason there is a difference between their number of vine and rootstock varieties is due to the subterranean phylloxera louse that wiped out huge swaths of the world’s grape vines during the mid 19th century.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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About 5,000 years ago, a bacterium that was primarily transmitted via ticks made a switch to louse.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
22 May 2025
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“Vulgarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vulgarian. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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