pitch-dark

See also: pitch dark

English

Alternative forms

• pitch dark

Adjective

pitch-dark (not comparable)

1. Absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch.

   The assassin crept into the royal bedchamber only after it was pitch-dark.

Synonyms

• (absolutely black): coal-black / coal black, dark as night, jet-black / jet black, pitch-black / pitch black

Derived terms

• pitch darkness

Translations

absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch

• Bulgarian: тъмен като в рог (tǎmen kato v rog)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑沉沉 (zh) (hēichēnchēn), 漆黑 (zh) (qīhēi), 墨黑 (zh) (mòhēi)

• Dutch: pikzwart (nl)
• Finnish: säkkipimeä (fi), pilkkopimeä (fi)
• French: noir comme dans un four (fr)
• German: stockdunkel (de), stockfinster (de)
• Ingrian: pilkko pimmiä
• Irish: dubh dorcha, chomh dubh le pic
• Italian: pesto (it), nero come la pece
• Japanese: 真っ暗な (ja) (まっくらな, makkura na)
• Russian: непрогля́дный (ru) (neprogljádnyj), беспросве́тный (ru) (besprosvétnyj), чёрный как смоль (čórnyj kak smolʹ) (pitch-black)
• Swedish: beckmörk (sv)
• Tajik: топ-торик (top-torik)