Search Result:benighted
KK Pronunciation
〔 bIˋnaItId 〕
Pronunciation
〔 biˊnaitid 〕
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")