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Death is pitch-dark, but colors are light. To be a painter, one must work with rays of light.
Edvard Munch

Meaning of "pitch-dark" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PITCH-DARK

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PITCH-DARK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pitch-Dark is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PITCH-DARK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pitch-dark in the English dictionary

The definition of pitch-dark in the dictionary is extremely or completely dark.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PITCH-DARK

pitch into
pitch invasion
Pitch Lake
pitch on
pitch pine
pitch pipe
pitch shot
pitch-and-toss
pitch-black
pitch-cone angle
pitchbend
pitchblende
pitched
pitched battle
pitcher
pitcher plant
pitcherful
pitchersful
pitchfork
pitchier

WORDS THAT END LIKE PITCH-DARK

a leap in the dark
bookmark
Clark
Danmark
dark
Denmark
go dark
Hyde Park
landmark
mark
national park
park
Registered Trademark
shark
shot in the dark
spark
stark
the park
trademark
whistle in the dark

Synonyms and antonyms of pitch-dark in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pitch-dark» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PITCH-DARK

Find out the translation of pitch-dark to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pitch-dark from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pitch-dark» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

伸手不见五指
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

a oscuras
570 millions of speakers

English

pitch-dark
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अंधेरा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الملعب الظلام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кромешная тьма
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escuro como breu
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিচ অন্ধকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nuit noire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

gelap gelita
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

stockdunkel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

真っ暗な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

캄캄한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pitch-dark
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sân bóng tối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கும்மிருட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लक्ख काळोख
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Zifiri karanlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fitto e buio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pitch -dark
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

непроглядна пітьма
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Pitch - întuneric
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pitch - dark
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pikdonker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

beckmörkt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bekmørkt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pitch-dark

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PITCH-DARK»

The term «pitch-dark» is normally little used and occupies the 118.214 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PITCH-DARK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pitch-dark» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pitch-dark» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pitch-dark

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QUOTES WITH «PITCH-DARK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pitch-dark.
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Edvard Munch
Death is pitch-dark, but colors are light. To be a painter, one must work with rays of light.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PITCH-DARK»

Discover the use of pitch-dark in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pitch-dark and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pitch Dark
Composed in the style of Renata Adler’s celebrated novel Speedboat and displaying her keen journalist’s eye and mastery of language, both simple and sublime, Pitch Dark is a bold and astonishing work of art.
Renata Adler, 2013
2
Pitch Dark
“Pitch Dark is a propulsive, layered, and brutal read. . . . A reader can't hope for more than to discover a writer possessed of both true talent and true passion. Discover Steven Sidor.
Steven Sidor, 2011
3
Pitch Dark Anarchy: Poems
In Pitch Dark Anarchy, Randall Horton returns with renewed intensity to the themes that animated his acclaimed collections The Definition of Place and The Lingua Franca of Ninth Street.
Randall Horton, 2013
4
Pitch Dark
Blush: This is a suggestive romance (love scenes are not graphic)Alyssa must protect her grandfather's cutting-edge, environmentally friendly oil sands extraction technology-and his life.
Brooke London, 2009
5
Pitch Dark: Dark Days of Fall Sampler: Supernaturally; ...
For more information on the books, authors, and Dark Days tour, visit pitchdarkbooks on Twitter or Facebook.
Kiersten White, Claudia Gray, Amy Garvey, 2011
6
Pitch Dark
David's finding it tough fitting in at his new school.
Robert Dodds, 2012
7
Pitch Dark: Dark Days of Summer Sampler
Read through the night this summer with sneak peeks of six breathtaking stories, including Destined by Aprilynne Pike, Insignia by S.J. Kincaid, Insurgent by Veronica Roth, Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin, Partials by Dan Wells, ...
Aprilynne Pike, S. J. Kincaid, Veronica Roth, 2012
8
Ignite Me
The Shatter Me series is perfect for fans who crave action-packed young adult novels with tantalizing romance like Divergent by Veronica Roth, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and Legend by Marie Lu. Tahereh Mafi has created a ...
Tahereh Mafi, 2014
9
George: A Pitch Dark Comedy
This concept story is based on the idea that memories can be deliberately manipulated.
Wayne Holland, 2003
10
Disjunctivism: Contemporary Readings
Similarly, in the pitch dark, one is visually aware of a certain shade of black ('' brain-greyness'') and not of any black shaded (brain-grey) thing. It won't do to say that one is visually aware of nothing in the pitch dark; the question could obviously ...
Alex Byrne, Heather Logue, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PITCH-DARK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pitch-dark is used in the context of the following news items.
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Boston EMS personnel star in new 5-part ABC series
... it turns out he has a connection to; and it's all hands on deck as first responders scour the pitch-dark train tracks for a possible patient hit by the Acela express. «EMS1.com, Jul 15»
2
Don Carpenter, Portland's great forgotten writer, is found again
His decade as a screenwriter and producer concluded with one film credit -- for "Payday," the pitch-dark story of the last days of an alcoholic ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
3
Three-Fingered Jack
Not even the Snake Den, Yuma's pitch-dark, 15 by 15-foot solitary confinement cave – said to be alive with scorpions and the occasional ... «Arizona Capitol Times, Jul 15»
4
Fugitive believed hiding in woods along Hall County and …
... a.m., using dogs, and a helicopter equipped with a heat-detecting infrared device that could have seen Hovey hiding in the pitch-dark woods. «WXIA-TV, Jul 15»
5
From dark continent to solar paradise
Much of Africa is pitch-dark day and night. The darkness that prevails in the equatorial jungle is excusable. I'm concerned with dark homes, ... «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»
6
The Life and Times of a Female Rock Critic
Dancing in pitch-dark rooms, rooms illuminated exclusively by the tiny light on the turntable, is an activity which fits very well with my ideas of ... «Chicago Tonight | WTTW, Jul 15»
7
This Line Of Wearables Replicates Biological Functions
Another wearable in the line is able to create calcium that strengthens bones; another emits fluorescent photons that can light up a pitch-dark ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
8
The EU wants to pay off a brutal dictatorship to help it solve its …
Some, like the one Tesfalasie was held in, consist of pitch-dark underground cells; he could sense the other six prisoners in his cell by sound ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
9
Residents point out gaps in LED plan
“We cannot live with these newly created pitch-dark areas,” said Deb Sumner, a southwest Detroit resident whose family has lived in the ... «The Detroit News, Jul 15»
10
Eat Smart, Sleep Well, Be Successful
Asprey sleeps in a pitch-dark room with no LED lights or other distractions. He also uses tools such as inexpensive smartphone apps that track ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pitch-Dark [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pitch-dark>. Apr 2024 ».
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