pitch-dark

/'pitʃ'blæk/ Cách viết khác : (pitch-dark) /'pitʃ'dɑ:k/

Thân thiện

The child held a flashlight in the pitch-dark hallway.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extremely dark; completely devoid of light: Describes a level of darkness so profound that it is comparable to the blackness of pitch (tar), where no shapes or light sources are visible.

Usage

• Descriptive Attribute: Used to describe a place, time, or condition characterized by an absolute absence of light.
• Common Contexts: Often used to describe nights, rooms, forests, or any enclosed space without illumination.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The power outage left the entire city pitch-dark.
  • We had to navigate the pitch-dark cave using only our sense of touch.
  • It was a pitch-dark, stormy night with no stars in sight.

Advanced Usage

• "pitch-darkness" (noun): The state or quality of being pitch-dark.
  • The pitch-darkness of the underground tunnel was terrifying.

Variants and Related Words

• Pitch-black (adjective): A direct synonym, identical in meaning and usage.
  • The room was pitch-black when I entered.
• Inky (adjective): Suggests a deep, black darkness, often with a slightly literary tone.
• Stygian (adjective): A literary term for extremely and gloomily dark.

Synonyms

• Jet-black
• Black as night
• Lightless
• Impenetrably dark

Antonyms

• Bright
• Well-lit
• Radiant
• Luminous

Related Phrases and Idioms

• (As) dark as pitch: An idiom serving as the origin for the adjective "pitch-dark," meaning extremely dark.
  • The old cellar was as dark as pitch.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. extremely dark
   • a black moonless night
   • through the pitch-black woods
   • it was pitch-dark in the cellar

Từ đồng nghĩa

• black
• pitch-black