soft-core

[sawft-kawr, -kohr, soft-] / ˈsɔftˈkɔr, -ˈkoʊr, ˈsɒft- /

ADJECTIVE

lascivious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

indecent lewd pornographic prurient salacious vulgar

WEAK

X-rated bawdy blue bodily carnal coarse crude evil-minded fast fleshly gross hard-core hot immoral incontinent lecherous libertine libidinous licentious low-down lubricious lustful nasty obscene off-color offensive orgiastic randy raunchy raw ribald rough scurrilous sensual smutty steamy suggestive unchaste voluptuous wanton

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clean decent moral

WEAK

chaste

ADJECTIVE

vulgar

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boorish coarse crude disgusting filthy impolite indecent nasty naughty obscene off-color profane ribald scatological suggestive tasteless tawdry

WEAK

X-rated base blue cheap common contemptible dirty dishonorable fractious gross hard-core ignoble improper indecorous indelicate inferior low malicious odious raw repulsive risqué rough slippery smutty sneaking sordid uncouth unmannerly unrefined unworthy villainous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

chaste clean decent gentle moral nice pleasant pleasing polite pure refined sophisticated tasteful

WEAK

aesthetic artistic fashionable inoffensive

Example Sentences

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With its soft-core, island-funk guitar and three-part vocal harmony, the song’s chorus is an early example of a Steely Dan quintessence: shrugging sarcasm, rendered resplendent.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2017

Not soft-core porn, but real love stories with happy endings — like a Sandra Bullock film, only with gay characters.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2010

By now millions of people have inadvertently watched the video, which came out in 1987, a more innocent time when people actually listened to generic soft-core pop on purpose--the song went to No. 1.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Legend of Bagger Vance is based on one of the novels--an uneasy blend of self-help and soft-core spirituality--that golfers solemnly pass from hand to hand.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has a nostalgically appealing, soft-core cynicism about politicians and foreign policy reminiscent of those 1930s' middleweight movie heroes.

From Time Magazine Archive

soft-core

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