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dark wave

dark wave is the alternative form of darkwave.

Meaning of darkwave

Noun

darkwave (uncountable)

  1. A musical movement that originated in the late 1970s, combining elements of new wave and gothic rock with dark, thoughtful lyrics and an undertone of sorrow.
    • As well as mainstream pop you'll find dance, funk and all kinds of club music, world music and even very select genres such as darkwave medieval, darkwave gothic to darkwave neofolk.2002, Jules Brown, Dinah Gardner, Hong Kong and Macau, page 315

Questions about dark wave

What is dark wave the alternative form of?
Dark wave is the alternative form of darkwave.

Words near dark wave in the dictionary

  1. dark traffic
  2. dark triad
  3. dark up
  4. dark vowel
  5. dark vowels
  6. dark wave
  7. dark web
  8. dark woke
  9. dark world
  10. dark worlds
  11. dark-activity

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