: 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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In addition, the team studied how to use lasers and AI to help drones to navigate in a duct's pitch-black, near-featureless environment. David Szondy august 02, New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2025 This pitch-black Irish comedy centers on Elvira Clancy, a depressive, small-town obituary writer whose newspaper has recently reduced her to freelancing. Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2025 Part pie-eyed rom-com and part pitch-black comedy, Oh, Hi! — the title itself is an in-joke between the two young lovers — basks in the glow of a genre that specializes in selling happily-ever-after fantasies, then takes a perverse glee in throwing buckets of cold water on your expectations. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2025 Active adventures include zip-lining through the jungle, scaling giant ficus trees, or venturing out into the pitch-black night to search for nocturnal animals with a wildlife guide. Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 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 9 Aug. 2025.

Kids Definition

pitch-black

adjective
ˈpich-ˈblak
: extremely dark or black
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