Both Uses of
vulgar
in
The Great Gatsby
- He was a son of God — a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that — and he must be about His Father's business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty.†
p. 98.6vulgar = of bad taste (crude, offensive, or unsophisticated)
- What a low, vulgar girl!†
p. 116.9 *
Definition:
of bad taste -- often crude or offensive
or:
unsophisticated (or common) -- especially of taste
or:
unsophisticated (or common) -- especially of taste