vulgarize

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: vul=gar=ize

CIDE DICTIONARY

vulgarize, v. t. & i. [Cf. F. vulgariser, LL. vulgarizare.].

 To make vulgar, or common.  [1913 Webster]
"Exhortation vulgarized by low wit."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

vulgarize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 make (a person, manners, etc.) vulgar, infect with vulgarity.
2 spoil (a scene, sentiment, etc.) by making it too common, frequented, or well known.
3 popularize.

Derivative

vulgarization n.

THESAURUS

vulgarize

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