pitch black
Cannot see anything
Pitch black describes absolute darkness—the complete absence of light.
The pitch refers to tar or resin, which is deep black.
A pitch-black room has no visible light whatsoever: It was pitch black in the cave.
The phrase can modify nouns directly: a pitch-black night, pitch-black hair.
Deeply black, like darkness
- obsidianGlassy igneous rock
- voidWithout legal effect
- lightlessHaving no brightness
- opaqueImpassable to light
murky · midnight · coal · sunless · starless · impenetrable · shrouded · moonless
Immeasurably profound depth
- chasmDeep, steep-sided gap
- bottomlessHaving no base
- subterraneanBeneath earth's surface
- cavernousVast and hollow
deep-sea · benthic · underground · cave · mineshaft · cellar · dungeon · pit
Active during darkness
- midnightTwelve o'clock at night
- nightfallOnset of darkness
- nighttimeDark hours between dusk and dawn
- witching hourTime of supernatural activity
dead of night · small hours · moonless night · evening · predawn · owl-light · night sky · bedtime
inky
Deeply black, like darkness
opaque · murky · midnight · coal · sunless · starless · impenetrable · shrouded · moonless · sable
abyss
Immeasurably profound depth
- chasmDeep, steep-sided gap
- bottomlessHaving no base
- subterraneanBeneath earth's surface
cavernous · deep-sea · benthic · underground · cave · mineshaft · cellar · dungeon · pit · void
nocturnal
Active during darkness
witching hour · dead of night · small hours · moonless night · evening · predawn · owl-light · night sky · bedtime · late night
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
eerie · ominous · foreboding · nightmare · haunting · menace · unseen · lurking · unknown · disorientation
absolute
Total, without qualification
pure · impenetrable · solid · thick · dense · unbroken · uniform · unrelieved · saturated · profound
- pitchfastball, curveball, slider, changeup, sinker
- blackebony, onyx, jet, raven, sable
- dark colorsebony, onyx, jet, charcoal, navy
- Darknessblackness, inkiness, murk, gloom, dimness
- nighttime thingsdarkness, moonlight, starlight, midnight, dusk
- sky conditionsclear, clear sky, cloudy, overcast, partly cloudy
pitch blackcrystal clear
Entirely unambiguous, perfectly understood
clear as day · bright as day · in plain sight · in broad daylight · dim
pitch blackpure white
Entirely without color
white as snow · bone white · alabaster · ivory · pale
black, pitch, pitcher, pitching, pitched, pitches, pitchers, pitchy, pitch-black