black as pitch

Synonyms

ebon ebony sable obsidian onyx jetty jet-black inky pitch-black pitchy coal-black pitch-dark atramentous atramental sabled

Antonyms

milky glazier chalky snowy lacteal semiopaque
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Examples

In the year A. D. 1202, when Qulb-ud-Din captured Kalinjar, after the temples had been convened into mosques, and the very name of idolatry was annihilated, fifty thousand men came under the collar of slavery and the plain became black as pitch with Hindus. Qutb al-Din Aibak

Put your hand in your conscience and see if it does not come out as black as pitch. Dutch Proverb

Words in the phrase

black as pitch

Close letter words and terms

black as midnight black as Newgate's knocker black as night black as soot black as the ace of spades black as the devil