All hardcore synonyms
hard-core
H h adj hardcore
- indelicate β offensive to a sense of generally accepted propriety, modesty, or decency; improper, unrefined, or coarse: indelicate language.
- loose β free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- profligate β utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
- questionable β of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- rakish β smart; jaunty; dashing: a hat worn at a rakish angle.
- risque β daringly close to indelicacy or impropriety; off-color: a risquΓ© story.
- scandalous β disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.
- shameless β lacking any sense of shame: immodest; audacious.
- taboo β proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable: Taboo language is usually bleeped on TV. Synonyms: prohibited, banned, forbidden, proscribed. Antonyms: allowed, permitted, permissible; sanctioned.
- unclean β not clean; dirty.
- unconventional β not conventional; not bound by or conforming to convention, rule, or precedent; free from conventionality: an unconventional artist; an unconventional use of material.
- wicked β evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
- foul-mouthed β using obscene, profane, or scurrilous language; given to filthy or abusive speech.
- unvirtuous β conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright: Lead a virtuous life.
- dirty β soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
- austere β If you describe something as austere, you approve of its plain and simple appearance.
- cruel β Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
- disciplinary β of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- hard β not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- hard-line β adhering rigidly to a dogma, theory, or plan; uncompromising or unyielding: hard-line union demands.
- hardheaded β not easily moved or deceived; practical; shrewd.
- implacable β not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy.
- inexorable β unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
- relentless β that does not relent; unyieldingly severe, strict, or harsh; unrelenting: a relentless enemy.
- rigorous β characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: rigorous laws.
- severe β harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.
- unrelenting β not relenting; not yielding or swerving in determination or resolution, as of or from opinions, convictions, ambitions, ideals, etc.; inflexible: an unrelenting opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment.
- unsparing β not sparing; liberal or profuse; excessive.
- by the book β according to the rules; in the prescribed or usual way
- mortified β to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
- stiff-necked β having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
- dedicated β You use dedicated to describe someone who enjoys a particular activity very much and spends a lot of time doing it.
- loyal β faithful to one's sovereign, government, or state: a loyal subject.
- tried-and-true β tested and found to be reliable or workable.
- in good faith β accordance with standards of honesty, trust, sincerity, etc. (usually preceded by in): If you act in good faith, he'll have no reason to question your motives.
- decided β Decided means clear and definite.
- obdurate β unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- pigheaded β stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
- strong β having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
- headstrong β determined to have one's own way; willful; stubborn; obstinate: a headstrong young man.
- pertinacious β holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- solid β having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness), as a geometrical body or figure.
- uncompliant β complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.
- unmovable β capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture.
- locked in β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- unswayable β to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
- base β The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
- cheap β Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected.
- common β If something is common, it is found in large numbers or it happens often.
- contemptible β If you feel that someone or something is contemptible, you feel strong dislike and disrespect for them.