hardcore
- adjective
- /ˈhɑrdˌkɔr/
- Offensive
- Actually, making hardcore movies, I went in at 29.
- hardcore porn
- hardcore pornography
- hardcore sex
I, I won't do porn, like full on hardcore porn.
- I, I won't do porn, like full on hardcore porn.
- And I want to show them Polaroids of men having hardcore anal sex.
- Dude, it's full frontal hardcore porn.
- Well, if you would have opened up my Safari hardcore hardcore boobs.
Examples
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Does she like classic '80s hardcore?
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She's going out with that guy who does the hardcore shows.
Fiction book (1994) -
This is pretty hardcore, even for me.
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What if they focused on bringing "mature" and "hardcore" content to their system at launch?
Blog text (4) -
Next we have the mountains of hardcore pornography, most of it from Germany.
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Romance novels are almost exclusively consumed by women; around the world, hardcore pornography is almost exclusively consumed by men.
Academic text (2013) -
If anything, Dark Souls completely redefined the term 'hardcore' and revitalized the dungeon-crawler genre in the process.
Blog text (13) -
The late-night movie featured hardcore adult content that shocked many viewers.
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Critics noted that the magazine's hardcore articles explored graphic subjects without reservations.
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He warned his friends that the documentary included hardcore footage of the event.
Synonyms
Very clear and detailed about violent or sexual scenes
Content about sex that is rude and shocking
Content that shows sexual acts clearly
Content that shows sexual or violent details clearly
Antonyms
Compounds
- Informal
A person who loves something like a band or team a lot and shows strong support
- Informal
A person who loves an activity very much and spends a lot of time on it
How Explicit
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hardcore comes from the parts hard and core, where hard means 'tough or intense' and core means 'center', like an 'apple core'. So Hardcore is the most intense or extreme form of something, which is why it describes very explicit, not mild, material.