English

Alternative forms

• vulgarise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Verb

vulgarize ‎(third-person singular simple present vulgarizes, present participle vulgarizing, simple past and past participle vulgarized)

1. To express or re-express something in a base, common, or lewd manner; to make something commonplace; to make something vulgar.
   • 1915: Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out

     "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

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

vulgarize

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of vulgarizar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of vulgarizar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of vulgarizar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of vulgarizar