pitch-black
pitch-black adjective: very dark; without light.
Adjective
pitch-black (comparative more pitch-black, superlative most pitch-black)
- Very dark; without light.
- Synonyms:
- black as coal, black as tar, black as night, tar-black
pitch-black meaning in Malayalam, Kannada and Vietnamese
pitch-black in Malayalam
- കീലുപോലെ, കറുപ്പായ
pitch-black in Kannada
- ಕಗ್ಗತ್ತಲು, ಕಗ್ಗತ್ತಲ್, ಕಗ್ಗತ್ತಲೆ, ಕರ್ಗತ್ತಲೆ, ಕರ್ಗಳ್ತಲೆ, ಕಳ್ಗತ್ತಲೆ
pitch-black in Vietnamese
- of the blackest black
- tối om, tối thui, tối đen
Synonyms of pitch-black
Forms of pitch-black
| comparative | more pitch-black |
|---|---|
| superlative | most pitch-black |
| alternative form | pitchblack |
| alternative form | pitch black |
Origin of pitch-black
From pitch (“tar”) + black. Compare West Frisian pikswart (literally “pitch-black”), Dutch pikzwart (literally “pitch-black”), German pechschwarz (literally “pitch-black”), Swedish becksvart (literally “pitch-black”), Icelandic biksvartur (literally “pitch-black”).
Words formed from pitch-black
Questions about pitch-black
- What does pitch-black mean?
- Pitch-black means very dark; without light.
- What is pitch-black in Malayalam?
- Pitch-black in Malayalam is കീലുപോലെ, കറുപ്പായ. See Pitch-black meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is pitch-black?
- Pitch-black is an adjective.
Words near pitch-black in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pitch-black (page history and authors); pitch-black (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pitch-black (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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