'Vulgarize' definitions:
Definition of 'vulgarize'
From: WordNet
verb
Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors" [syn: popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise]
verb
Debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage" [syn: vulgarise, vulgarize]
verb
Act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize" [syn: vulgarize, vulgarise]
Definition of 'Vulgarize'
From: GCIDE
- Vulgarize \Vul"gar*ize\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Vulgarized; p. pr. & vb. n. Vulgarizing.] [Cf. F. vulgariser, LL. vulgarizare.] To make vulgar, or common. [1913 Webster]
- Exhortation vulgarized by low wit. --V. Knox. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vulgarize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adulterate,
- alloy,
- canker,
- cheapen,
- clarify,
- coarsen,
- confound,
- contaminate,
- corrupt,
- debase,
- debauch,
- defile,
- deflower,
- degenerate,
- degrade,
- denature,
- deprave,
- desecrate,
- despoil,
- devalue,
- distort,
- elucidate,
- explain,
- explicate,
- get across,
- get over,
- infect,
- make clear,
- make it clear,
- misuse,
- pervert,
- poison,
- pollute,
- popularize,
- prostitute,
- put across,
- put over,
- ravage,
- ravish,
- simplify,
- spell out,
- taint,
- twist,
- ulcerate,
- violate,
- vitiate,
- warp
Words containing 'Vulgarize'
- Vulgar,
- Vulgarism,
- Vulgarity,
- Vulgarization,
- Vulgarized,
- Vulgarizing,
- Vulgarly,
- Vulgarness,
- vulgarizer,
- Arisarum vulgare,
- Astrocaryum vulgare,
- Echium vulgare,
- Faeniculum vulgare,
- Helianthemum vulgare,
- Hordeum vulgare,
- Ligustrum vulgare,
- Marrubium vulgare,
- Origanum vulgare,
- Scolopendrium vulgare,
- Sorghum vulgare,
- Tanacetum vulgare,
- Triticum vulgare,
- Vulgar fraction,
- cirsium vulgare,
- clinopodium vulgare,
- foeniculum vulgare,
- leucanthemum vulgare,
- polypodium vulgare,
- vulgar language,
- vulgar latin,
- foeniculum vulgare dulce,
- sorghum vulgare caudatum,
- sorghum vulgare rosburghii,
- sorghum vulgare technicum,
- non-U vulgar