Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Extremely dark.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Dark as pitch; very dark.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Dark as a pitch; pitch-black.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Absolutely dark orblack ; as dark aspitch .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective extremely dark
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word pitch-dark.
Examples
-
Of course, I read the book on my iPad -- in an otherwise pitch-dark room, while my wife snoozed away undisturbed.
Dr. Philip Neches: iPad in the Dark Dr. Philip Neches 2010
-
Of course, I read the book on my iPad -- in an otherwise pitch-dark room, while my wife snoozed away undisturbed.
Dr. Philip Neches: iPad in the Dark Dr. Philip Neches 2010
-
It was pitch-dark as she walked along, but she knew that the dawn was only three or four hours away.
The Empty Family Colm Tóibín 2011
-
Of course, I read the book on my iPad -- in an otherwise pitch-dark room, while my wife snoozed away undisturbed.
Dr. Philip Neches: iPad in the Dark Dr. Philip Neches 2010
-
It was pitch-dark as she walked along, but she knew that the dawn was only three or four hours away.
The Empty Family Colm Tóibín 2011
-
It would describe Jesus' birth in a pitch-dark cave, amid piles of oxen scat and filthy hay and poor travelers elbowing into the Holy Family's space, Joseph worn out from a frantic search for an inn, Mary all alone as her water breaks and her pain hits excruciating levels.
John Backman: A Jesus For The Great Recession (And Other Dark Times) John Backman 2012
-
The room was pitch-dark, but Michael felt mattresses and piles of clothes under his feet.
The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011
-
He stared in front of him, but as it was still pitch-dark at the other side of the one-way glass there was only total blackness.
-
It would describe Jesus' birth in a pitch-dark cave, amid piles of oxen scat and filthy hay and poor travelers elbowing into the Holy Family's space, Joseph worn out from a frantic search for an inn, Mary all alone as her water breaks and her pain hits excruciating levels.
John Backman: A Jesus For The Great Recession (And Other Dark Times) John Backman 2012
-
Of course, I read the book on my iPad -- in an otherwise pitch-dark room, while my wife snoozed away undisturbed.
Dr. Philip Neches: iPad in the Dark Dr. Philip Neches 2010
hernesheir commented on the word pitch-dark
The hyphen reminds one to consider pitch - a blackish substance few are acquainted with these days.
December 19, 2010