Definition of BENIGHT

benight

Meanings

Verb

  • overtake with darkness or night
  • envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness
    • "The benighted peoples of this area"
  • make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
  • To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
  • To darken; to shroud or obscure.
  • To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English benyghten, binighten, bynyȝten, equivalent to be- + night.

Synonyms

bedim

Scrabble Score: 13

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Words With Friends Score: 0

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