grimdark

Meanings

Adjective

• Having a gloomy, dystopian atmosphere.

Noun

• The literary genre of speculative fiction that is dystopian, amoral, or violent.

Related

Opposite words

• hopepunk
• noblebright

Origin

• grim + dark. Inspired by the tagline of the tabletop strategy game Warhammer 40,000: "In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war."