benight
IPA: binˈaɪt
verb
- (chiefly in passive) 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.
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Examples of "benight" in Sentences
- US is benighted in this respect.
- I live in the benighted colonies, you see.
- Well, it's sure more benighted than benign.
- This benighted project would do well to learn from them.
- Australia is not as culturally benighted as you might think.
- In the beginning, Benighted played a mix of death metal and grindcore.
- He's a benighted overambitious househusband whom everyone believes is mad.
- The host and audience are judge and jury for the miserable, benighted guests.
- My patience for dealing with a profoundly benighted anonymous user has run out.
- Can you enlighten a benighted and so save civilization from my spastic fingers
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