Overview of verb benight

The verb benight has 3 senses

• benight -- (overtake with darkness or night)


• benight -- (envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The benighted peoples of this area")


• benight, bedim -- (make darker and difficult to perceive by sight)

Overview of adj benighted

The adj benighted has 2 senses

• benighted, nighted -- (overtaken by night or darkness; "benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home")


• benighted, dark -- (lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; "this benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of education")