Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Resembling or containing pitch: Having the sticky, dark, and viscous qualities of pitch or tar.
   • Very dark black: Of the blackest black, similar in color to jet or coal.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The pitchy substance oozed from the old wooden beams. (The sticky, tar-like substance oozed from the old wooden beams.)
  • The night was pitchy, with no moon or stars visible. (The night was intensely black, with no moon or stars visible.)

Advanced Usage

• "Pitchy darkness": Used to describe an absolute, impenetrable darkness.
  • We lost our way in the pitchy darkness of the forest. (We lost our way in the absolute darkness of the forest.)

Variants and Related Words

• Pitch (n): A dark, sticky substance derived from tar or petroleum.
  • The road was being repaired with hot pitch.
• Pitch-black (adj): Completely black or dark.
  • The room was pitch-black when the power went out.

Synonyms

• Tarry: Having the nature of or resembling tar.
• Jet-black: Of a deep, glossy black color.
• Inky: Resembling ink in color; very dark.

Antonyms

• Pale: Light in color or shade.
• Bright: Giving out or reflecting much light.

Notes on Different Meanings

• The first meaning (resembling pitch) is literal, describing a physical substance's properties.
• The second meaning (very dark black) is figurative, using "pitch" as a metaphor for extreme darkness. This is the more common usage in modern English.

Adjective

1. having the characteristics of pitch or tar
2. of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal