Home › Words › S › sadcoresadcoresadcore means A form of alternative rock characterised by bleak lyrics, downbeat melodies and slow tempos.EtymologyFrom sad + -core.nounA form of alternative rock characterised by bleak lyrics, downbeat melodies and slow tempos.e.g.“Near-synonym: slowcore”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).