English
Alternative spellings
vulgarise
Verb
en-verb|vulgariz|ing
- To make something vulgar; to express or re-express something in a base, common, or lewd manner.
#*1915: Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out 1
#*:"Yes," said Mr. Flushing. "And in my opinion," he continued, "the absence of population to which Hirst objects is precisely the significant touch. You must admit, Hirst, that a little Italian town even would vulgarise the whole scene, would detract from the vastness -- the sense of elemental grandeur."
Synonyms
debase
dumb down
Antonyms
ennoble
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