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• s  of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
• s  having the characteristics of pitch or tar

• But her vocals are badly pitchy and and the horrible plastic arrangement makes it sound like a commercial for a multivitamin.
• Trias, a sweet, button-cute 17-year-old from Hawaii who looks as if she were drawn by Disney animators, hit several off notes (in Idolese, she was "pitchy") and the judges pummeled .
• Despite Randy Jackson's stock American Idol critique--"A little pitchy, dawg"--many beloved songs are actually off-pitch or out of tune.

• coal-black
• jet
• jet-black
• sooty
• resinous
• resiny
• tarry

News & Articles

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• I-84 repaving: 'American Idol' concert expected to add to weekend closure's traffic headaches
  As the judge on a certain TV singing competition might say, "Yo, Dawg! I don't know, traffic's going to be really pitchy in Portland this weekend."
  July 18, 2013 - The Oregonian

Quotes

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• Randy Jackson in AceShowbiz (blog)
  Randy said, "You know I love you, but it was just pitchy everywhere, it wasn't great."
• Ryan Seacrest in Newsday
  Antonella, Paula called it (the performance) pitchy,Seacrest said during the broadcast. "Simon said the song was too big for you."
• Jake Gold in Cape Breton Post
  You have a very unique tone and that's one of the reasons why I think we picked you for your tone and you got a chance to show that today. At times your voice went a little bit pitchy but overall I thought you represented yourself well,said...