pitchy

[pich-ee]

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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.

Origin of pitchy

First recorded in 1505–15; pitch² + -y¹

Related formspitch·i·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for pitchy

Contemporary Examples

Her pitchy performance of “Tik Tok” in particular seemed to attract the ire of SNL audiences.
Lana Del Rey, Sinead O’Connor & More Worst 'SNL' Performances (Videos)
Melissa Leon
January 20, 2012
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
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

Historical Examples

He took some lengths of pitchy pine sticks and arranged them for torches.
Way of the Lawless
Max Brand
For the moment he could see nothing in the pitchy blackness.
Slaves of Mercury
Nat Schachner
Then it was gone as swiftly as it had come, leaving a pitchy blackness behind it.
The Law-Breakers
Ridgwell Cullum
In the pitchy darkness I heard the plaster off the walls falling on the floor.
A Set of Six
Joseph Conrad
In the pitchy darkness I heard the plaster off the walls falling on The floor.
Gaspar Ruiz
Joseph Conrad

British Dictionary definitions for pitchy

pitchy

adjective pitchier or pitchiest

full of or covered with pitch
resembling pitch

Derived Formspitchiness, noun

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Examples from the Web for pitchy

Contemporary Examples

Her pitchy performance of “Tik Tok” in particular seemed to attract the ire of SNL audiences.

Flo was not just mediocre: she was catastrophically tragic, tone-deaf, screechy and, as Randy Jackson would say, “pitchy, dawg!”

The songs, which have creaky titles like “All that Razz” and “Hooray for What's-not-good,” are belted out with pitchy gusto.

Historical Examples

He took some lengths of pitchy pine sticks and arranged them for torches.

For the moment he could see nothing in the pitchy blackness.

Then it was gone as swiftly as it had come, leaving a pitchy blackness behind it.

In the pitchy darkness I heard the plaster off the walls falling on the floor.

In the pitchy darkness I heard the plaster off the walls falling on The floor.

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