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[ UK /pˈɪt‍ʃi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
  2. having the characteristics of pitch or tar

How To Use pitchy In A Sentence

  • Course, with high-frondent Avenues, pitchy dockyards, almond and olive groves, orange trees on house-tops, and white glittering bastides that crown the hills, are all behind them. The French Revolution
  • O let them not bring about their damned designs that stand now at the entrance of the bottomless pit, expecting the watchword to open and let out those dreadful locusts and scorpions to reinvolve us in that pitchy cloud of infernal darkness, where we shall never more see the sun of Thy truth again, never hope for the cheerful dawn, never more hear the bird of morning sing. Life of John Milton
  • Crystals are probably at least partially metamict and can be recognized by their high specific gravity, pitchy luster, and black color.
  • Drawing has been rudely incised and rubbed with pitchy graphite, which collects in the scars of the engraved surface.
  • At length he softly rose and crept noiselessly to the door; the fastening was the primitive latch with a string attached; it opened without a sound in his cautious handling, and he found himself in the pitchy darkness outside, the wild mountain wind whirling about him, and the rain descending in steady torrents. Down the Ravine
  • The pitchy pigment's obscuring weight seems to bank rather than smother the glimmering coruscations.
  • While McKenzie's voice remains a work in progress - "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson might describe her as "pitchy" - she is focused and remarkably expressive. CantonRep.com Home RSS
  • Flint is best for hand sanding painted or pitchy surfaces which can clog the paper.
  • She is a rocker chick, and she has a passable voice, but Steven notes that she was "pitchy," especially when she did a few bars of "Dream On. American Idol Episode Recap: Milwaukee Auditions
  • More often than not they're long wooden buildings, creosoted to a pitchy blackness and with white-painted windows.
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