Noirish

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the character of film noir.

    "His feature directing career began with the third installment of the "Alien" franchise, and before "Benjamin Button" all his movies were noirish thrillers of a sort."

Synonyms

All synonyms
noirnoir

Example

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"His feature directing career began with the third installment of the "Alien" franchise, and before "Benjamin Button" all his movies were noirish thrillers of a sort."

Etymology

From noir + -ish.

Related phrases

film noir

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