: extremely dark : pitch-black

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
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Geo News and broadcaster ARY both reported that a massive raid was launched by security forces in pitch-dark central Islamabad, where lights had been turned off and a barrage of tear gas was fired. Reuters, NBC News, 27 Nov. 2024 The tips of my lashes are blonde and can make a mascara look rather dusty if it's not pigmented enough, but that wasn't a concern with this pitch-dark formulation. Talia Gutierrez, Allure, 8 July 2024 The book also shares with Park’s films a pitch-dark, absurdist humor. Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024 In the 52 years since then, only a few unmanned probes have been down to those pitch-dark deeps. IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2012 In Merlo’s delirious play—staged by the director Jack Serio with the audience seated at a long table in a pitch-dark room—a genderqueer teen is missing, and their detective father is on the case. The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2024 The pitch-dark periphery engulfing the stage, a signature of the director Michael Greif, encourages such moments of tunnel vision, though O’Hara accomplishes the effect on her own. Naveen Kumar, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024 Two young men sat next to it, around a fire, in an otherwise pitch-dark street, their feet covered in mud and clothes in dust. Jomana Karadsheh, CNN, 15 Sep. 2023 Noah Agemo for Fortune The snow is falling heavily in Stockholm, but inside a small, pitch-dark auditorium, the atmosphere is cozy and warm. Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1704, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pitch-dark was in 1704

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“Pitch-dark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pitch-dark. Accessed 7 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

pitch-dark

adjective
ˈpich-ˈdärk
: extremely dark
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