pitchy

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

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... tarry resinous dark black inkyjet-blackmurky

Opposites

pale bright light

Word family

Derived forms pitchiness

Related forms pitchpitchblende

Etymology

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

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# 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
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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