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soft rock

soft rock noun: a comparatively unaggressive, melodic rock music genre in which the arrangement and lyrics are emphasized more than the beat; a reaction against hard rock.

Noun

soft rock (uncountable)

  1. A comparatively unaggressive, melodic rock music genre in which the arrangement and lyrics are emphasized more than the beat; a reaction against hard rock.
    • CSN&Y didn't shy away from politics, but many artists who followed in their footsteps used the new soft rock synthesis to warble inoffensive pop to a nation tired of controversy. […] Subsequently, many artists rode the soft rock formula all the way to the bank—or at least their labels did.2010, Christopher Knowles, The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

soft rock meaning in Tamil

soft rock in Tamil

மென்பாறை

Questions about soft rock

What does soft rock mean?
Soft rock means a comparatively unaggressive, melodic rock music genre in which the arrangement and lyrics are emphasized more than the beat; a reaction against hard rock.
What is soft rock in Tamil?
Soft rock in Tamil is மென்பாறை. See Soft rock meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is soft rock?
Soft rock is a noun.

Words near soft rock in the dictionary

  1. soft return
  2. soft returns
  3. soft robot
  4. soft robotics
  5. soft robots
  6. soft rock
  7. soft roe
  8. soft room
  9. soft rooms
  10. soft rot
  11. soft rush

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Adapted from Wiktionary: soft rock (page history and authors); soft rock (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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