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View synonyms for pitch-black

pitch-black

[ pich-blak ]

adjective

  1. extremely black or dark as pitch:

    a pitch-black night.



pitch-black

adjective

  1. extremely dark; unlit

    the room was pitch-black

  2. of a deep black colour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pitch-black1

First recorded in 1590–1600
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Example Sentences

As I drove home that night around eight, Long Island Sound was pitch-black, apart from the glimmering reflection of light poles.

Set against an otherwise pitch-black screen, she appears to be looking the audience directly in the eye.

One of the most intriguing works is a sculptural installation set within an almost pitch black room.

Walking through the spiral hallway into the almost pitch black, circular room, the senses become immediately disoriented.

Seamen must constantly move between the pitch black of below decks and the bright sunshine above.

Here a pitch black tunnel opened before them into the lower regions, and—it must be confessed—they hesitated.

From another point in the pitch-black glen rose the wailing, terrible cry of a woman in agony.

The old man stumbled into the pitch-black, stifling passage and sat down on the lowest step to rest.

It is delirium-of-bliss to feel oneself living though shadows be pitch-black.

There was a gate in the pitch-black paling, and a bell-handle—discovered with great difficulty.

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