Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Coarse, vulgar, crude: Describes language, behavior, or a person that is offensive, lacking in refinement, or contrary to accepted standards of decency and good taste. It implies a roughness and indecency in manner or speech.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Lời nói của anh ta rất tục tằn. (His speech is very coarse.)
  • Đừng có thói quen tục tằn như vậy. (Don't have such vulgar habits.)
  • Bộ phim đó bị chỉ trích vì những cảnh tục tằn. (That film was criticized for its crude scenes.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is often used to express strong disapproval of someone's lack of civility or propriety, particularly in social interactions.
• It can describe an overall character trait or a specific instance of behavior.

Variants and Related Words

• Tục tĩu (adj): obscene, lewd. Often refers specifically to sexual vulgarity.
  • Những câu chuyện tục tĩu không phù hợp ở đây. (Obscene stories are not appropriate here.)
• Thô tục (adj): rude, vulgar. A close synonym, often interchangeable.
  • Ngôn ngữ thô tục bị cấm trên sóng truyền hình. (Vulgar language is banned on television.)

Synonyms

• Coarse: Lacking refinement or grace.
• Vulgar: Lacking sophistication or good taste; indecent.
• Crude: In a natural or raw state; not processed or refined (of behavior: offensively direct or simple).
• Uncouth: Lacking good manners, refinement, or grace.

Related Idioms

• Ăn nói tục tằn: To speak in a coarse/vulgar manner.
  • Anh ta chẳng được việc gì ngoài việc ăn nói tục tằn. (He is good for nothing but speaking coarsely.)
• Cử chỉ tục tằn: Vulgar gestures.
  • Những cử chỉ tục tằn đó khiến mọi người khó chịu. (Those vulgar gestures made people uncomfortable.)

adj

1. coarse, vulgar