pitchy C2+ Topic:Senses & Perception US /ˈpɪtʃi/ UK /ˈpɪtʃi/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like pichi /ɪ/ vs /iː/ Meanings 1 adj resembling, full of, or covered with pitch; intensely dark They groped through the pitchy darkness of the cave. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · resembling, full of, or... tarryresinousdarkblackinkyjet-blackmurky ↔ Opposites palebrightlight Word family Derived forms pitchiness Related forms pitchpitchblende Etymology AI details From pitch (the dark resinous substance), from Old English pic, from Latin pix ('pitch, tar'), plus the adjectival suffix -y. pic Old English pix Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Senses & Perception Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # pitchy **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈpɪtʃi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpɪtʃi/ ## Meanings 1. resembling, full of, or covered with pitch; intensely dark ## Examples - They groped through the pitchy darkness of the cave. ## Synonyms - tarry - resinous - dark - black - inky - jet-black - murky ## Antonyms - pale - bright - light ## Derived Forms - pitchiness ## Related Forms - pitch - pitchblende ## Roots and Affixes - Root: pic - Root: pix ## Etymology From pitch (the dark resinous substance), from Old English pic, from Latin pix ('pitch, tar'), plus the adjectival suffix -y. ## AI Etymology Pitchy is from pitch (the dark resinous substance), from Old English pic, from Latin pix ('pitch, tar'), plus the adjectival suffix -y. Important recorded forms include pic (Old English) and pix (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers resembling, full of, or covered with pitch; intensely dark. The wider family includes derived forms such as pitchiness and related words such as pitch and pitchblende. ## Topics - Senses & Perception - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown