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Film noir
(film genre) A film genre characterized by low-key lighting, a bleak urban setting, and corrupt, cynical or desperate characters.
📖 Definitions of "Film noir"
noun
- 1
(film genre) A film genre characterized by low-key lighting, a bleak urban setting, and corrupt, cynical or desperate characters.
- 2
An individual film in this genre.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Film noir"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| silent filmnoun | (cinematography, retronym) A film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue. |
| low keynoun | A restrained or subdued situation. |
| dark | Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light. |
| dirty realismnoun | A North American literary movement that depicts seamy or mundane aspects of ordinary life in spare, unadorned language. |
| low fantasynoun | (uncountable) A subgenre of fantasy fiction set in the primary or real world as opposed to a secondary or fantasy world. |
| white telephonenoun | (derogatory) Italian light-comedy and melodramatic films from the Fascist period. |
| filmlessnessnoun | Absence of film. |
| lowlightnoun | A particularly unfavorable or mediocre moment or aspect. |
| limbo setnoun | (film, television) A nondescript set that does not represent any particular place. |
| darksidenoun | (countable, figuratively) The side of something that is metaphorically dark, i.e. evil, distressing or otherwise undesirable; the negative aspect of something. |
| dark figurenoun | (criminology, statistics) The estimated number of unreported criminal cases. |
| negative | Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable. |
| nightnoun | (countable) The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark. |
| dead spotnoun | An area that has no radio (or wi-fi) reception. |
| literary fictionnoun | Fiction lacking speculative elements and centred on character and theme. |
| silent | Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. |
| nonscenenoun | Not of or relating to a scene, especially a social scene. |
| everblacknoun | A desolate environment without any source of light, such as that found in deep space. |
| gloomnoun | A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere. |
| blacknessnoun | The state or quality of being black in colour. |
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