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

The first Prancing Horse without a combustion engine was always going to be an affront to the most hard-core faction of the brand’s many loyalists, but disappointment with the important model surpassed even them.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2026
Salazar’s attempt to distance herself from the increasingly-unpopular president could potentially appease moderate and independent voters, but her TV ad also irritated Trump personally — as well as some of his hard-core MAGA supporters.

— Michael Vasquez, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of hard-core

Adjective

Egyptian courts have tried blocking pornographic websites, but private online access remains widespread.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
On the day of the $50 million demand, a WeChat chat on one of her phones shows pornographic images arriving and being sent back with Victim-1’s face grafted on, the complaint says.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of pornographic

Adjective

Her portrayal is buoyant and curious, both attuned to and alienated from Mi-ok’s hopes and desires, whether emotional or erotic or material.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
Their research included the study of the erotic novels penned by Spanish writer and fashion designer Álvaro Retana, who also wrote lyrics for saucy songs of the type that Cruz performs in La Bola Negra.

— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of erotic

Adjective

Jessie and Gerald Burlingame rent a cabin in Alabama for a sexy weekend, things go very awry.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
Shatner’s Star Trek captain was your slightly drunk uncle, always deciding the rules never applied to him and winking rapaciously at the nearest sexy alien.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of sexy

Adjective

Quinn says that using a sponge can be particularly flattering on mature skin, though the foundation formula and skin preparation are just as important.

— Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2026
The cone’s spikelike axis remains on the branch after the mature cone falls apart.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 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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