: extremely dark or black

Examples of pitch-black in a Sentence

finding anything in a pitch-black room is almost impossible a pitch-black cat with green eyes
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This NiceTown design features a grommet top and promises the sort of pitch-black darkness expected from a product with the word Halloween in its title. Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025 In the streams and rivers of the Colombian Andes, there once was a small, pitch-black creature. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2025 Roper’s pitch-black character study owes a lot to its four gusty performances, which keep you glued to the screen. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025 To their great credit, showrunner Michele Fazekas and her collaborators make sure Andre, and by extension Perdomo, is mourned — much more so than the many minor players whose deaths are used to fuel the series’ signature pitch-black comedy. Alison Herman, Variety, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pitch-black

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pitch-black was in 1598

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“Pitch-black.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pitch-black. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

pitch-black

adjective
ˈpich-ˈblak
: extremely dark or black
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