Pitch-dark

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch. not-comparable

    "The assassin crept into the royal bedchamber only after it was pitch-dark."

Adjective
  1. 1
    extremely dark wordnet

Synonyms

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blackcoal blackcoal-blackdarkdark as nightdark as pitch

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"It was pitch-dark outside tonight."

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pitch darkness

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