FILM NOIR Antonyms

• something done (usually as opposed to something said)

• the state of being active

• a military engagement

• a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

• the series of events that form a plot

• the trait of being active and energetic and forceful

• the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism

• a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong

• an act by a government body or supranational organization

• the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field

• In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).

• institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

• put in effect

• a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

• take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

• put at risk

• the condition of living or the state of being alive

• the property of being able to survive and grow

• quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous

• the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something

• the making of animated cartoons

• general activity and motion

• light and humorous drama with a happy ending

• a comic incident or series of incidents

• a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

• an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional

• the literary genre of works intended for the theater

• the quality of being arresting or highly emotional

• imagination unrestricted by reality

• fiction with a large amount of imagination in it

• something many people believe that is false

• indulge in fantasies

• intense and profound fear

• something that inspires horror; something horrible

• intense aversion

• characterized by or capable of producing music

• talented in or devoted to music

• characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music

• containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody

• a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing

• relating to languages derived from Latin

• the group of languages derived from Latin

• a relationship between two lovers

• an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)

• a story dealing with love

• a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life

• make amorous advances towards

• have a love affair with

• talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

• tell romantic or exaggerated lies

• a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie

• Any kind of fantasy/science fiction crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature.

• literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society