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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

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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

Its "Discovery Course in Elementary Math and Its Application," now in its third semester, peddles soft-core math, or math disguised as games.

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

The movement has also produced a variant sect of soft-core survivalists.

From Time Magazine Archive

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