SOFT-CORE Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

soft-core

adjective

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Recent Examples of soft-core The selection will open with a pre-festival screening of Tinto Brass’ soft-core thriller Col Cuore in Gola (Deadly Sweet) (1967). — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026 All as much fans of soft-core nineties femme fatale films as experimental cinema. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026 For individuals, soft-core KPIs might include the employee’s personal brand reputation, visibility on professional platforms or involvement in external community projects. — Filomena Di Luise, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025 The film felt like a dispatch from a cinematic world that no longer existed — streamed quietly into a culture now fluent in soft-core stylization but less interested in its emotional stakes. — arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025 This is the character most relatable to the man who founded a media company whose sole purpose was to manipulate women into taking their tops off and engage in soft-core pornography on camera and cut them out of the earnings. — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024 Ranking Coppola’s 23 features — his 1962 soft-core Tonight for Sure is not included, nor is his misbegotten New York Stories short feature or the Disney attraction Captain EO — was a difficult proposition. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024 The agencies that dole out state money to public charger companies — the California Energy Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission — have taken a soft-core approach to holding the companies responsible. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024 Their intercourse isn’t soft-core like Bound but features Marian’s shy, sly, self-consciousness. — Armond White, National Review, 31 July 2024

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Adjective

After arriving on a private jet, Rebecca, Zelda, and Higgins have to sit with an enthusiastic member of the hoi polloi, a hard-core fan who’s made a trek to be at the game but has somehow escaped from the cheap seats to sit with them.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026
The loudest hard-core German music can reach 107dB when measured with a decibel meter, which is incredibly loud (ear-damagingly so).

— Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of hard-core

Adjective

The filing follows a separate legal battle launched by Meloni in 2024 against a man accused of creating and posting deepfake pornographic images using her likeness.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Current Florida law says a school district can review and remove a book after a complaint has been made that a book is pornographic, obscene or isn’t age appropriate.

— Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of pornographic

Adjective

And at Mugler, the mood was set before the first look appeared, with screens beaming erotic footage that included mating snails, sweaty skin, a woman’s tongue and two people kissing.

— Amy Francombe, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026
In a multi-studio bidding war, Sheldon sold her next project, an original erotic thriller, to Netflix with Media Res.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of erotic

Adjective

The show opened with a model in a sheer set with lingerie details, an unseemingly sexy look for Chanel, carrying Gabrielle’s own Chanel flap bag, which is preserved in the Chanel Patrimoine, the archival and heritage department of the house.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 9 Oct. 2026
Architects attempted to make the home itself into a sexy product.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of sexy

Adjective

Within premium products, there is a focus on longevity attributes in skin care and elegant, sophisticated makeup products among mature middle-class consumers.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
But the majority of students have been peaceful, and many come off in interviews as almost freakishly mature.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of mature

Adjective

The content of its productions has included legitimate theater, vaudeville, burlesque, striptease, movies (many X-rated), classical music and jazz as well as occasional forays into boxing, bodybuilding and politics.

— Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025
For the first seven years of the rating system (1969-1975), nearly half of the top films (33 of 70) were R- or X-rated.

— Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 26 July 2024

Definition of X-rated

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