All 7 Uses of
vulgar
in
The Idiot
- He laughed at first, and thought it vulgar of her—but now, he is sometimes quite touched and overcome by her kindness.†
Chpt 1.12vulgar = of bad taste (crude, offensive, or unsophisticated)
- But these vulgarities seemed to please Nastasia Philipovna, although too often they were both rude and offensive.†
Chpt 1.13 *vulgarities = things of bad taste (crude, offensive, or unsophisticated)
- But we will tell you to your face before the present company that you are a man of vulgar and undeveloped mind; we will openly deny you the right to speak in future of your honour and conscience, for you have not paid the fair price of such a right.†
Chpt 2.8vulgar = of bad taste (crude, offensive, or unsophisticated)
- I have heard of such things before, but never came across, till tonight, a man who would actually shoot himself in order to gain a vulgar notoriety, or blow out his brains for spite, if he finds that people don't care to pat him on the back for his sanguinary intentions.†
Chpt 3.7
- I hate you, Gavrila Ardalionovitch, solely (this may seem curious to you, but I repeat)—solely because you are the type, and incarnation, and head, and crown of the most impudent, the most self-satisfied, the most vulgar and detestable form of commonplaceness.†
Chpt 4.2
- What a vulgar expression!†
Chpt 4.6
- Nastasia came out of the house looking as white as any handkerchief; but her large dark eyes shone upon the vulgar crowd like blazing coals.†
Chpt 4.10
Definition:
of bad taste -- often crude or offensive
or:
unsophisticated (or common) -- especially of taste
or:
unsophisticated (or common) -- especially of taste