noirish

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noir +‎ -ish

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noirish (comparative more noirish, superlative most noirish)

  1. (film, art) Having the character of film noir.
    • 2009 January 2, Dennis Lim, “Journey of a Director, From Night Creature to Tender Time Traveler”, in New York Times[1]:
      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.
    • 2011 July 28, Terry Castle, “Do I like it?”, in London Review of Books[2], volume 33, number 15, →ISSN:
      It must be acknowledged that the now global recognition his work has received [] has no doubt to do with his works’ noirish mixture of extraordinary artistic delicacy and ultra-creepy subject matter []

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