benight (Meaning)
benight (v)
overtake with darkness or night
envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness
make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
benight (v. t.)
To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.
To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task.
To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light.
Synonyms & Antonyms of benight
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benight Sentence Examples
- The dense fog began to benight the travelers as they journeyed through the forest.
- In the remote village, the lack of electricity would often benight the streets after sunset.
- As the sun set behind the mountains, darkness began to benight the valley below.
- The sudden power outage threatened to benight the entire neighborhood.
- In the absence of streetlights, the narrow alleyways would quickly benight after dusk.
- The onset of winter would gradually benight the days, leaving the world cloaked in darkness for longer hours.
- Without a flashlight, the cavern's depths were sure to benight even the most experienced spelunkers.
- As the storm clouds gathered overhead, they threatened to benight the landscape with their ominous shadows.
- The ancient curse was said to benight the cursed land, enveloping it in perpetual darkness.
- The thick canopy of trees overhead began to benight the forest floor, casting everything in deep shadows.
FAQs About the word benight
overtake with darkness or night, envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness, make darker and difficult to perceive by sightTo involve in darkness; to
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The dense fog began to benight the travelers as they journeyed through the forest.
In the remote village, the lack of electricity would often benight the streets after sunset.
As the sun set behind the mountains, darkness began to benight the valley below.
The sudden power outage threatened to benight the entire neighborhood.
