vulgarize

Verb

cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
- "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"
debase and make vulgar
- "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage"
act in a vulgar manner
- "The drunkard tends to vulgarize"
To make vulgar.
To make commonplace, crass, lewd.
To make vulgar.
To convert (religious rites) so as to use the vulgate (language of the commoners).

Origin / Etymology

From vulgar + -ize.

Synonyms

generalise, generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, debase, dumb down

Antonyms

ennoble

Scrabble Score: 22

vulgarize: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
vulgarize: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vulgarize: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 26

vulgarize: valid Words With Friends Word