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soft-core

[sawft-kawr, -kohr, soft-]

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adjective

of, relating to, or containing sexually arousing depictions that are not fully explicit: soft-core pornography.Compare hard-core(def 2).

Origin of soft-core

First recorded in 1965–70

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Related Words for soft-core

salacious, pornographic, vulgar, indecent, prurient, lewd, boorish, naughty, tawdry, profane, tasteless, ribald, off-color, disgusting, obscene, impolite, suggestive, crude, scatological, nasty

Examples from the Web for soft-core

Contemporary Examples of soft-core

The quick-cut trailer suggests a soft-core romp with dramatic intrigue and wry one-liners.
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Tracy McNicoll
May 17, 2014
A second person in the elevator will be a soft-core Ford supporter.
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Ivor Tossell
January 3, 2014
But he lost his taste for that kind of sub-Dantescan soft-core thrill.
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Peter Stothard
May 17, 2010

British Dictionary definitions for soft-core

soft-core

adjective

(of pornography) suggestive and titillating through not being totally explicit or detailed

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