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Recent Examples of vulgarian
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.
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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
But Samantha Bee was hired to be a partisan vulgarian.
—NBC News, 3 June 2018
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
But Samantha Bee was hired to be a partisan vulgarian.
—NBC News, 3 June 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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What ensues is a distinctly New York City opera: a bunch of loudmouths obsessed with whose apartment is worth what.—
Jennifer Wilson,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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Over decades of prolific stand-up, Burr projected the persona of the loudmouth ranting at the end of the bar.—
Jason Zinoman,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
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That’s the memorable insult that James Kennedy (the DJ of the group) hurled at Tom Sandoval (the resident lout) last season after Sandoval — who had a girlfriend — became romantically involved with Kennedy’s ex-girlfriend.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2024
Noun
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In Eli Craig’s (Tucker & Dale vs Evil) newest outing, the real fun starts when Frendo the clown comes out to play.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
6 Mar. 2025
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So the clown came out of him to be accepted, to be loved.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
1 Mar. 2025
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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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Many states have regulations or laws about trapping and releasing feral swine, for example, in order to help reduce the spread.—
Alan Clemons,
Outdoor Life,
20 Feb. 2025
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Over email, a spokesperson said that in November 2024, the agency posted draft air emission models for dairy, swine, and poultry operations.—
Kenny Torrella,
Vox,
23 Jan. 2025
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In a fable by Phaedrus, also written in the first century A.D., a barbarian is threatening the troops of the military leader, Pompey the Great.—
Tom Sapsford,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 2025
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Whatever the reason, barbarians likely used the spoons either to snort powdered substances, or to measure out a quantity to place into drinks like beer, or into pipes to be smoked.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The main character is a server named Jenna who stashes away her tips in the hopes of getting away from her louse of a husband, and moonlights as a baker of the most incredible pies.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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The body louse life cycle starts as an egg (nit), develops to a nymph, and finally becomes an adult louse.—
Josephine Hessert,
Verywell Health,
2 Dec. 2024
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“Vulgarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vulgarian. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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