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Meanings of benight in English

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ennegrir

Make darker and difficult to perceive by sight.

        ennegrir
        Usage of benight in English
        1
        Disillusionment and frustration benight today's couples as initial hopes of shared work and childcare are dashed.
        The Guardian
        2
        She continued, As for your big mountains, the classic summits will benight even the most accomplished alpinist.
        Climbing Magazine
        3
        Though some, benight in sin, delight
        Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2
        4
        In Bowles's view, the farther from London, the more benighted the place.
        The red door
        5
        Terrible must be the condition of a man benighted therein, especially in winter.
        A Walk from London to John O'Groat's / With Notes by the Way
        6
        The Celebrity answered, with becoming modesty, that the Asquithians were benighted.
        The Celebrity, Volume 01
        7
        Ordinary men look bright and intelligent, while I alone seem to be benighted.
        The Tao Teh King, or the Tao and its Characteristics
        8
        We can all be benighted in this godforsaken kingdom without a true king, forever.
        The red queen
        9
        You might as well have tried to light benighted Africa with a white bean.
        Remarks
        10
        We got lost, and were benighted in the forest.
        Erewhon Revisited Twenty Years Later, Both by the Original Disco...
        11
        Many a time, coasting the sea, were they benighted.
        Pathfinders of the West / Being the Thrilling Story of the Adven...
        12
        Did you never hear of it, you benighted Islander?
        Defenders of Democracy / Contributions from representative men a...
        13
        For the past 15 years, I have always assumed the Frenchies were benighted on that route.
        Climbing Magazine
        14
        And, as of now, the royal box was still benighted, for the Empress had not arrived.
        Secret of the Dragon
        15
        Being benighted in the canyon is not uncommon.
        Rock and Ice Magazine
        16
        But filtered as it was through a dense mass of shrubbery, the path was still virtually benighted.
        Complete Books of Blood
        Frequent collocations
        Translations for benight
        Benight through the time