Meaning & use
noir
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Relating to a genre of dark, cynical fiction or film, especially crime stories with morally ambiguous characters.
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The director's noir thriller was shot almost entirely in shadow and rain.
She writes noir detective novels set in 1940s Los Angeles.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from French ('black'), noir is used in English mainly as a genre label, as in 'film noir' or 'noir fiction,' evoking a moody, crime-laden atmosphere.
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