pitchy
5 synonyms and 1 antonym for pitchy, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Like pitch, or connected with it.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
2. adj
Extremely dark, like pitch.
“To make it worse, something went wrong wit the Glow-worm's lighting system, and the room was in pitchy darkness.”
Opposites
Etymology
Came into English via Middle English pycchy, pychy, equivalent to pitch + -y.
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