pitchy

[ pich-ee ]

/ ˈpɪtʃ i /

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adjective, pitch·i·er, pitch·i·est.

full of or abounding in pitch.

smeared with pitch.

resembling pitch, as in color, consistency, etc.: pitchy mud.

dark or black as pitch.

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Origin of pitchy

First recorded in 1505–15; pitch² + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM pitchy

pitch·i·ness, noun

Words nearby pitchy

pitchpot, pitch shot, pitchstone, pitch surface, pitch woo, pitchy, pit dwelling, piteous, Pitesti, pitfall, pit grave

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How to use pitchy in a sentence

It’s full of steep, tight trees, pitchy chutes, and sneaky alleys.
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The waves were small—around two to three feet—but steep and pitchy and would detonate in knee-deep water.
My Quest to Surf Every Coastal State|eriley|July 28, 2021|Outside Online
Back when I lived in Brooklyn in 2010, I used to take my 7’6″ funboard on the A train out to the Rockaways or on the Long Island Railroad to Long Beach, and while the waves are inconsistent and can be short and pitchy, they’re also really fun.
My Quest to Surf Every Coastal State|eriley|July 28, 2021|Outside Online
Her pitchy performance of “Tik Tok” in particular seemed to attract the ire of SNL audiences.
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Flo was not just mediocre: she was catastrophically tragic, tone-deaf, screechy and, as Randy Jackson would say, “pitchy, dawg!”
Dead Cool: Florence Foster Jenkins|Simon Doonan|July 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The songs, which have creaky titles like “All that Razz” and “Hooray for What's-not-good,” are belted out with pitchy gusto.
The Worst Awards in Hollywood|Sean Macaulay|March 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST
In the pitchy darkness, the messenger encounters him, and running full tilt against him, knocks the bunch of keys into the mud.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland
The heavens above were of a pitchy darkness, and the only light was from the creaming foam of the sea on every side.
Masterman Ready|Captain Frederick Marryat
Kneeling down at the opening in the platform, they leaned over and shouted Delray's name into the pitchy darkness below.
Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends|Stanley R. Matthews
In the course of years of exposure to the air this pitchy material crystallizes, "ripens," and becomes spruce gum.
Muskrat City|Henry Abbott
To add to our difficulties, the sky clouded over and pitchy blackness settled down.
War in the Garden of Eden|Kermit Roosevelt

British Dictionary definitions for pitchy

pitchy

/ (ˈpɪtʃɪ) /

adjective pitchier or pitchiest

full of or covered with pitch

resembling pitch

Derived forms of pitchy

pitchiness, noun

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