noirish

comparative more noirish · superlative most noirish

1. artHaving 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.

   2009 January 2, Dennis Lim, “Journey of a Director, From Night Creature to Tender Time Traveler”, in New York Times

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   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 […]

   2011 July 28, Terry Castle, “Do I like it?”, in London Review of Books, volume 33, number 15, →ISSN

   Synonyms: noir