pitch-black
Without any light
Pitch-black means completely dark, without any light: The room was pitch-black until she found the switch.
The pitch refers to tar or resin, substances so dark they absorb all light.
The term emphasizes absolute darkness rather than mere dimness.
Having no brightness
- unlitNot burning or glowing
- moonlessLacking lunar presence
- starlessLacking celestial pinpricks
- midnightTwelve o'clock at night
nocturnal · nightfall · blackout · eclipse · shadowed · shrouded · gloom · murk
Dense dark tropical wood
Immeasurably profound depth
- voidWithout legal effect
- unknownNot yet discovered
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
inscrutable · concealed · hidden · veiled · enigmatic · obscured · unseeable · depthless
Absence of vision
- sightlessUnable to perceive visually
- disorientingCausing loss of direction
- gropingSearching by touch alone
- stumblingWalking clumsily, almost falling
unseeing · fumbling · blinded · opaque · thick · suffocating · enveloping · absolute
Evoking extreme fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- creepyDisturbingly strange
ominous · spine-tingling · nightmarish · foreboding · menacing · sinister · haunting · unnerving
lightless
Having no brightness
midnight · nocturnal · nightfall · blackout · eclipse · shadowed · shrouded · gloom · murk · tenebrous
ebony
Dense dark tropical wood
coal · ink · sable · raven · charcoal · soot · noir · inky · tar · slate
abyss
Immeasurably profound depth
- voidWithout legal effect
- unknownNot yet discovered
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
impenetrable · inscrutable · concealed · hidden · veiled · enigmatic · obscured · unseeable · depthless · bottomless
blindness
Absence of vision
- sightlessUnable to perceive visually
- disorientingCausing loss of direction
- gropingSearching by touch alone
stumbling · unseeing · fumbling · blinded · opaque · thick · suffocating · enveloping · absolute · total
terrifying
Evoking extreme fear
creepy · ominous · spine-tingling · nightmarish · foreboding · menacing · sinister · haunting · unnerving · chilling
- hyphenated wordsup-to-date, jaw-dropping, round-the-clock, air-conditioned, open-minded
- Darknessblackness, inkiness, murk, gloom, dimness
- atmospheresmisty, hazy, foggy, smoky, humid
- blackestdarkest, ebony, obsidian, onyx, sable
- pitch-blackebony, jet, inky, lampblack, soot
pitch-blackdazzling
Overwhelmingly bright or impressive
bright · blazing · illuminated · ablaze · radiant
pitch-blacksnow-white
Completely, perfectly white
pure white · bright white · white · lustrous · glossy
black, pitch, pitching, pitched, pitches, pitchfork, pitchy, pitch-dark, unpitched