Meanings
comparative more pitch black · superlative most pitch black
- alternativeAlternative form of pitch-black.
"When you think about it, who wants to drive 300 tonnes of steel at 125mph in the pitch black at four o'clock in the morning?" Whelan says this with a wry smile, however, recognising that these are exactly the sort of things that train drivers love about their jobs.
2025 March 5, Richard Wilcock, “In defence of the train drivers”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 33
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
pitch black. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pitch%20black
“pitch black.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pitch%20black. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pitch black,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pitch%20black.
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