PITCHY (pitchier, pitchiest)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: pitchier    , pitchiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does pitchy mean? 

• PITCHY (adjective)
  The adjective PITCHY has 2 senses:

1. of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

2. having the characteristics of pitch or tar

  Familiarity information: PITCHY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PITCHY (adjective)

Comparative: pitchier   
Superlative: pitchiest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

Synonyms:

coal-black; jet; jet-black; pitchy; sooty

Similar:

achromatic; neutral (having no hue)

Derivation:

pitch (any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having the characteristics of pitch or tar

Synonyms:

pitchy; resinous; resiny; tarry

Similar:

adhesive (tending to adhere)

Derivation:

pitch (any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue)

 Context examples 

And you couldn't so properly have said he wore a hat, as that he was covered in a-top, like an old building, with something pitchy.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It was echoed from Salêve, the Juras, and the Alps of Savoy; vivid flashes of lightning dazzled my eyes, illuminating the lake, making it appear like a vast sheet of fire; then for an instant every thing seemed of a pitchy darkness, until the eye recovered itself from the preceding flash.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)