English Dictionary

VULGARISE

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does vulgarise mean? 

VULGARISE (verb)
  The verb VULGARISE has 3 senses:

1. cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common useplay

2. debase and make vulgarplay

3. act in a vulgar mannerplay

  Familiarity information: VULGARISE used as a verb is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


VULGARISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they vulgarise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it vulgarises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: vulgarised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: vulgarised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: vulgarising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

generalise; generalize; popularise; popularize; vulgarise; vulgarize

Context example:

Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors

Hypernyms (to "vulgarise" is one way to...):

broadcast; circularise; circularize; circulate; diffuse; disperse; disseminate; distribute; pass around; propagate; spread (cause to become widely known)

Verb group:

popularise; popularize (make understandable to the general public)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

vulgarisation (the act of making something attractive to the general public)

vulgariser (someone who makes something attractive to the general public)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Debase and make vulgar

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

vulgarise; vulgarize

Context example:

The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage

Hypernyms (to "vulgarise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

vulgarisation (the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Act in a vulgar manner

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

vulgarise; vulgarize

Context example:

The drunkard tends to vulgarize

Hypernyms (to "vulgarise" is one way to...):

act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s


 Context examples 


Though, indeed, the vendor of a certain nostrum has vulgarised the truism to the very point of contempt. Isn't that true, doctor?

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies." (English proverb)

"A mountain doesn't reach out to mountain, (but) a man is reaching out to a man." (Afghanistan proverb)

"Think of the going out before you enter." (Arabic proverb)

"The vine says to the vintager: "Make me poor, and I will make you rich."" (Corsican proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact