pitch-dark

adjective

ˈpich-ˈdärk 

: extremely dark : pitch-black

Synonyms of pitch-dark

• darkened
• dark
• murky

Examples of pitch-dark in a Sentence

with its only light burned out, the closet was pitch-dark

on a whim she bleached her pitch-dark hair blond

Recent Examples on the Web

The 21st century has yielded no shortage of stylish horror marbled with devious veins of pitch-dark humor — Peter Strickland’s In Fabric, Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook, Halina Reijn’s Bodies Bodies Bodies, Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell, pretty much every Jordan Peele feature. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026

On school days, that meant waking up in pitch-dark and walking to the bus stop with a flashlight. — Literary Hub, 25 Feb. 2026

In the pitch-dark room, Heath remembers hearing the call to prayer in the morning. — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026

Despite hundreds of Americans being fired or suspended by employers as a result, the pitch-dark humor that permeates our social media ecosystem was not to be suppressed. — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1704, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pitch-dark

• ballpark
• benchmark
• birthmark
• daymark
• earmark
• embark
• hallmark
• landmark
• monarch
• postmark
• remark
• skylark

Kids Definition

pitch-dark

adjective

ˈpich-ˈdärk

: extremely dark