Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hardcore

/hɑː(ɹ)dˈkɔː(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: hard-core
IPA: /hɑː(ɹ)dˈkɔː(ɹ)/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity.

adj

So hard as to require extreme dedication to complete.

adj

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

Colloquial

adj

Resistant to change.

adj

Obscene or explicit.

adj

Depicting penetration and abnormal sexual activity.

adj

Faster or more intense than the regular style.

noun

Broken bricks, stone and/or other aggregate used as foundations, especially in road and path laying.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He's a hardcore gamer."
"That show was hardcore, dude."
"You need to excavate and remove the topsoil, line the subsoil with a geotextile, then lay and compact hardcore."
"Fields began recording the hardcore punk bands in 1978 when few others would."
"Always more multiracial than other post-Rave scenes, Hardcore got “blacker” as hiphop, Ragga, dub and Soul influences kicked in, and by 93 it had evolved into Jungle. By this point, Hardcore/Jungle (the terms remain interchangeable) was universally scorned by dance hipsters and banished from the media."

Etymology

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

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

more hardcore (comparative) most hardcore (superlative) hard-core (alternative)

Derived Forms

emocore hurtcore nonhardcore posthardcore trancecore

Phrases

Christian hardcore -core digital hardcore emotional hardcore emotive hardcore happy hardcore hardcore breaks hardcore porn

Synonyms

diehard steely-eyed tough as nails gung ho hard-core

Rhymes With

for or your more before four war d'or door store floor anymore

Questions

How do you pronounce hardcore?: The recorded pronunciation is /hɑː(ɹ)dˈkɔː(ɹ)/.
What does hardcore mean?: Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity.
Where does hardcore come from?: From hard + core: hard to the core; 1936 (n.); 1951 (adj.)

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