pitchy

pitchy

adjective \ˈpi-chē\

Definition of PITCHY

1

a : full of pitch : tarry

b : of, relating to, or having the qualities of pitch

2

: pitch-black

Examples of PITCHY

1. <we stood staring into the pitchy dark forest, trying to determine what had made the strange cry>
2. <the trigger-happy soldiers couldn't see a thing in the pitchy darkness>

First Known Use of PITCHY

15th century

Related to PITCHY

Synonyms

black, caliginous, darkened, darkish, darkling, darksome, dim, dimmed, dusk, dusky, gloomy, lightless, murky, obscure, obscured, pitch-black, pitch-dark, dark, rayless, somber (or sombre), stygian, tenebrific, tenebrous, unlit

Antonyms

bright, brightened, brilliant, illuminated, illumined, light, lit (or lighted), lightsome, lucent, lucid, luminous

Related Words

crepuscular, twilit; moonless, starless, sunless; cloudy, dull, dulled, lackluster; shadowlike, shadowy, shady; gray (also grey), leaden, pale; beclouded, befogged, clouded, foggy, fuliginous, misty, smoggy, soupy

Near Antonyms

ablaze, agleam, aglitter, alight, beaming, beamy, effulgent, glaring, glowing, incandescent, lambent, radiant, relucent, resplendent, shining, sparkling; ultrabright; glossy, lustrous, shiny; floodlit (also floodlighted), highlighted, spotlighted (or spotlit); moonlit, moony, starlit, sunlit

Rhymes with PITCHY

bitchy, glitchy, itchy, kitschy, twitchy, witchy