Pitchy

Quick meaning: Pitchy is an adjective meaning Of, pertaining to, or resembling pitch.

Meaning

Of, pertaining to, or resembling pitch.

More Meanings

1. Very dark black; pitch-black.
2. (music) Off pitch; out of tune.

Example Sentences

But each time the night over the hills remained pitchy black. Then the rain came on more heavily again.

[…] “Auto Tune”—digital voice processing initially designed to correct a “pitchy” (out-of-tune) singer's voice.

To make it worse, something went wrong wit the Glow-worm's lighting system, and the room was in pitchy darkness.

In front of me the road became pitchy black as though it was tarred, and I saw a contorted shape lying across the pathway.

Word Forms

• pitchier
• pitchiest

Synonyms for pitchy

Depending on context, synonyms include achromatic, tarry, adhesive, colorless, resinous, jet-black.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include adhesive, sooty, tarry, colorless, jet, achromatic.

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