noirishadj.
/ˈnwɑːrɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈnwɑrɪʃ/ Characteristic or reminiscent of film noir. Cf. noir adj. 2, noir n. 3.
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costumed1851
foreign language1904
first run1910
Keystone1912
photodramatic1914
serial1915
coming of age1919
edge-of-your-seat1922
psychodramatic1927
omnibus1928
straight1936
low-budget1937
no-budget1937
screwball1937
Ealing1939
blockbusting1943
private eye1946
film noir1952
white telephone1952
portmanteau1953
uncut1953
anthology1955
three-D1955
Hammer1958
noir1958
co-production1959
kitchen sink1959
kidult1960
docudrama1961
cinéma vérité1963
maudit1963
filmi1965
indie1968
triple-X1969
XXX1969
drama-documentary1970
cheapie1973
gross-out1973
high concept1973
chopsocky1974
hard R1974
buddy movie1975
sci-fi1977
mondo1979
hack-and-slash1981
microbudget1981
hack-and-slay1982
slice-and-dice1982
fly on the wall1983
psychotronic1983
noirish1985
Mad Max1986
stoner1987
bonkbusting1993
straight to DVD1997
1984 N.Y. Times 13 Aug. c19/1 ‘Strangers Kiss’..has a film noirish flavor.]
1985 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Nov. c18/5 The noirish tone is compelling, but it's also easily overpowered by the film's visual glitter.
1993 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Aug. 19/4 The Man with the Golden Arm, his noir-ish novel about a gambler and morphine addict, won the National Book Award.
2000 P. Borsook Cyberselfish ii. 87 ‘Cyberpunk’.., a genre of near-future dystopian science fiction—grimy, noirish, technology-disenhanced, full of criminality large..and small.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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