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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")