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Synonyms & Antonyms of pitch-dark
1
being without light or without much light
- with its only light burned out, the closet was pitch-dark
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- ablaze,
- agleam,
- aglitter,
- alight,
- beaming,
- beamy,
- effulgent,
- glaring,
- glowing,
- incandescent,
- lambent,
- radiant,
- relucent,
- resplendent,
- shining,
- sparkling
- floodlit
- (also floodlighted),
- highlighted,
- spotlighted
- (or spotlit)
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2
having the color of soot or coal
- on a whim she bleached her pitch-dark hair blond
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“Pitch-dark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitch-dark. Accessed 3 Dec. 2021.
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The first known use of pitch-dark was in 1704
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