pitchy

[pich-ee]

adjective

pitchier, pitchiest 

1. full of or abounding in pitch.

2. smeared with pitch.

3. resembling pitch, as in color, consistency, etc..

   pitchy mud.

4. dark or black as pitch.

pitchy

/ ˈpɪtʃɪ /

adjective

1. full of or covered with pitch

2. resembling pitch

Other Word Forms

• pitchiness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pitchy¹

First recorded in 1505–15; pitch ² + -y ¹

Example Sentences

“I apologize for being pitchy,” he said later in the show.

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But three days into a string of seven-hour rehearsals, her voice collapsed, the high notes so long her hallmark dissolving into a pitchy wheeze.

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Vocals sound crisp, and strings in classical music come through lush without getting pitchy.

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She goes right back to singing in that pitchy child’s voice.

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To make it worse, something went wrong with the Glow-worm’s lighting system, and the room was in pitchy darkness.

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