Synonyms: gross, earthy, crude, vulgar
Definition: conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
Usage: coarse language; a crude joke; crude behavior; an earthy sense of humor; a revoltingly gross expletive; a vulgar gesture; full of language so vulgar it should have been edited
Similar words: indecent
Definition: offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters
Usage: an earthy but not indecent story; an indecent gesture
Synonyms: common, vernacular, vulgar
Definition: being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
Usage: common parlance; a vernacular term; vernacular speakers; the vulgar tongue of the masses; the technical and vulgar names for an animal species
Similar words: informal
Definition: used of spoken and written language
Synonyms: plebeian, vulgar, unwashed, common
Definition: of or associated with the great masses of people
Usage: the common people in those days suffered greatly; behavior that branded him as common; his square plebeian nose; a vulgar and objectionable person; the unwashed masses
Similar words: lowborn
Definition: of humble birth or origins
Usage: a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor
Synonyms: coarse, common, vulgar, uncouth, rough-cut
Definition: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
Usage: he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind; behavior that branded him as common; an untutored and uncouth human being; an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy; appealing to the vulgar taste for violence; the vulgar display of the newly rich
Similar words: unrefined
Definition: (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth
Usage: how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?