soft rock

noun

: rock music that is less driving and gentler sounding than hard rock

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The Dead was already such a crazy scene, but there are all these soft rock stations playing that song. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026 Musician Dash Crofts, one half of the soft rock duo Seals & Crofts, has died. — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026 Yacht rock is a term to describe soft rock from the late 1970s and early 1980s. — Janelle Ash , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026 But elsewhere the dominant influence seems to be seventies soft rock. — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for soft rock

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of soft rock was in 1965

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“Soft rock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soft%20rock. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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