Relating to or characteristic of the lower class or common folk, often implying a lack of refinement or sophistication.
He scoffed, turning his nose up at the chipped pottery and simple fare. His disdain was clear for their plainly decorated room and their loud, uninhibited laughter. It was a life so utterly plebeian, so devoid of any taste or grace, that it made him physically uncomfortable.
The ornate music box, a gift from her wealthy aunt, felt wrong in his rough hands. He fumbled with the latch, his nails chipped and dirty, a stark contrast to the delicate carved birds. He knew his attempts to play it sounded clumsy, almost plebeian, to anyone who truly understood such things.
He scoffed at the crudely painted sign advertising "discount slime worms." His refined palate, accustomed to lab-grown nutrient paste, found such a plebeian offering utterly revolting. The thought of touching those common, wriggling things made him shudder.
His loud chewing and socks with sandals, a truly plebeian combo, made everyone at the fancy dinner party cringe. He guffawed at a joke about pudding, oblivious to the shocked gasps. Honestly, his manners were so rough, you'd think he ate with a shovel.
Barnaby, despite his velvet doublet, had the most plebeian taste in snacks, happily munching bright orange cheese puffs while discussing grand knightly deeds. His snorting laughter and tendency to wipe his greasy chin on his sleeve weren't exactly what the Duchess expected, but then again, Barnaby was never one for refined manners.
He scoffed at the diner, its cheap plastic booths and sticky menus a stark contrast to his usual haunts. The noise, the loud chatter, the sheer *commonness* of it all struck him as terribly plebeian, an unpleasant reminder of a world he tried to leave behind.
The haughty curator sniffed at the visitor's scuffed boots, a silent judgment in her tight lips. "We only accept exhibits of the highest caliber," she stated, her voice dripping with disdain for the man's undeniably plebeian taste in footwear. He simply shrugged, unbothered by her elitism.
The market stall owner, his hands rough and stained, haggled over the price of a chipped ceramic pot with a dismissive wave. He scoffed at the customer's earnest, if slightly awkward, attempt at negotiation, clearly viewing their entire approach as utterly plebeian.
Bartholomew, despite his vast fortune, insisted on eating spaghetti with his fingers, a decidedly plebeian habit that horrified his impeccably dressed guests. They secretly wished he'd at least try to use a fork, but his rough, unrefined ways were just part of his unique, albeit questionable, charm.
My cousin’s idea of a gourmet meal involved instant ramen and a dollop of expired mayonnaise, truly a plebeian affair. He once tried to impress a date by juggling rubber chickens and singing opera in a bathtub, which, while memorable, certainly wasn't sophisticated.
He scoffed at their boisterous laughter and crude jokes, his nose turned up at their plebeian tastes. While they reveled in cheap ale and rowdy song, he longed for quiet evenings and conversation, feeling an unbridgeable chasm between their coarse enjoyment and his own refined sensibilities.
The merchant scoffed, his nose wrinkled at the vendor's crude display of pickled grubs. He dismissed the entire stall as plebeian, preferring the hushed elegance of imported spices over such common fare. Such food was for the masses, not his refined palate.
He gestured dismissively at the chipped enamel of the mug. "This whole affair feels rather plebeian, doesn't it? All this talk of meager wages and scraped dinners. One would expect more substance at such a gathering."
Bartholomew, whose appreciation for opera extended only to the jaunty tunes of the ice cream truck, considered the artisanal cheese selection at the gala positively plebeian. He much preferred the processed slices from his packed lunch, a choice that elicited more than a few disdainful glances from the impeccably attired attendees.
Bartholomew adjusted his monocle, surveying the bustling bazaar with distaste. The cacophony of haggling merchants and the aroma of questionable street snacks assaulted his refined senses. He’d expected exotic treasures, not this frankly plebeian display of dubious trinkets and vendors hawking what appeared to be petrified cheese.
He gestured dismissively at the raucous tavern, its boisterous laughter and unvarnished pronouncements a stark contrast to his own placid sensibilities. Their crudeness, their utter lack of artifice, he considered quite plebeian, a sentiment that stirred a faint distaste within him.
The judge scoffed, his gaze lingering on the man's rough hands. "Your defense, while earnest, lacks the necessary… finesse. This is hardly the place for such plebeian arguments; we require a more erudite presentation to sway this esteemed tribunal."
The aristocrats recoiled from his boisterous laugh and coarse jokes, his unvarnished enthusiasm a stark contrast to their studied composure. His tastes were distinctly plebeian, favoring hearty stews over delicate consommés, and his pronouncements, though fervent, lacked their circumspect articulation.
Barnaby's ostentatious display of a bespoke, polka-dotted cravat, paired with his rather *plebeian* insistence on discussing the textural nuances of lukewarm gruel, decidedly failed to impress the assembled cognoscenti. They, accustomed to more rarefied discourse on, say, the aerodynamic properties of particularly *scintillating* moth wings, found his earnest pronouncements a tad… unvarnished.
Bartholomew, accustomed to a rarefied existence, found the concept of queuing for artisanal yak cheese utterly plebeian. His monocle nearly dislodged at the sight of such unadorned, unpretentious milling, a veritable tableau of rustic enthusiasm he deemed altogether unseemly for a connoisseur of ebullient nebulae.
Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.