Meaning

7 senses
  1. Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity.

    He's a hardcore gamer.

  2. So hard as to require extreme dedication to complete.

  3. (colloquial)Particularly intense; thrillingly dangerous or erratic; desirably violent in appearance; pleasing or "cool" due to intensity or danger.

    That show was hardcore, dude.

  4. Resistant to change.

  5. Obscene or explicit.

    неприличныйnepriličnyj

    extremely explicit

  6. Depicting penetration and abnormal sexual activity.

  7. Faster or more intense than the regular style.

Examples

18 sentences
  1. Esther likes happy hardcore.

    Естер любить музику Happy Hardcore.

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  2. Sami lapsed back into hardcore addiction.

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  3. China adopted a hardcore capitalistic economic.

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  4. I told you I was hardcore.

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  5. Tom prefers softcore porn, while Mary prefers hardcore.

    deTom bevorzugt Soft-Pornos, während Mary Hardcore bevorzugt.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
obscene or explicit:

Origin

From hard + core: hard to the core; 1936 (n.); 1951 (adj.)

From hard + core: hard to the core; 1936 (n.); 1951 (adj.)

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Forms

more hardcore, most hardcore
Comparativemore hardcore Lesson
Superlativemost hardcore Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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