Sekirov Dictionary

grimdark

UK /ˈɡɹɪmdɑːk/US /ˈɡɹɪmˌdɑɹk/

adjective 1
noun 1
forms 2

adjective1

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(slang) Of a film, television programme, video game, written work, etc.: having a gloomy, dystopian atmosphere.
- Most original. Brilliantly so! What's not to like? "Jarringly non-grimdark," carpers will sneer. Oh, yeah? What's not Grimdark about – / * Droids? / * Vagina heads? / * Gundam suits (desu)? — 2012

noun1

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The literary genre of speculative fiction that is amoral, dystopian, or violent.
- It shows you piles of corpses, then revels in its mechs and future-war grimdark. — 2025

forms

more grimdark · most grimdark

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