| BENIGHT | • benight v. (Chiefly in passive) To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached. • benight v. To darken; to shroud or obscure. • benight v. To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness. |
| BENIGHTS | • benights v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benight. • BENIGHT v. to be overtaken by night. |
| BENIGHTED | • benighted adj. (Obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night… • benighted adj. (Obsolete) Plunged into darkness. • benighted adj. (Figuratively) Lacking education or knowledge; unenlightened; also, lacking morality; immoral, unscrupulous. |
| BENIGHTEN | • benighten v. (Obsolete, transitive) To benight. • BENIGHTEN v. to overtake with night, also BENIGHT. |
| BENIGHTER | • benighter n. One who benights or keeps others in darkness. • BENIGHTER n. one who benights. |
| FORENIGHT | • forenight n. (Scotland) The evening, between twilight and bedtime. • FORENIGHT n. the night before. |
| BENIGHTENS | • benightens v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benighten. • BENIGHTEN v. to overtake with night, also BENIGHT. |
| BENIGHTERS | • benighters n. Plural of benighter. • BENIGHTER n. one who benights. |
| BENIGHTING | • benighting v. Present participle of benight. • benighting n. A plunging into darkness or ignorance. • BENIGHTING n. being overtaken with night. |
| FORENIGHTS | • forenights n. Plural of forenight. • FORENIGHT n. the night before. |
| BENIGHTEDLY | • benightedly adv. In a benighted manner. • BENIGHTED adv. BENIGHT, to be overtaken by night. |
| BENIGHTENED | • benightened v. Simple past tense and past participle of benighten. • BENIGHTEN v. to overtake with night, also BENIGHT. |
| BENIGHTINGS | • benightings n. Plural of benighting. • BENIGHTING n. being overtaken with night. |
| BENIGHTMENT | • benightment n. The state or condition of being benighted. • BENIGHTMENT n. the state of being benighted. |
| UNBENIGHTED | • unbenighted adj. Not benighted. • UNBENIGHTED adj. not benighted. |
| BENIGHTENING | • benightening v. Present participle of benighten. • BENIGHTENING n. being overtaken by night. |
| BENIGHTMENTS | • benightments n. Plural of benightment. • BENIGHTMENT n. the state of being benighted. |
| BENIGHTEDNESS | • benightedness n. The quality of being benighted. • BENIGHTEDNESS n. the state of being benighted. |
| BENIGHTENINGS | • BENIGHTENING n. being overtaken by night. |
| BENIGHTEDNESSES | • BENIGHTEDNESS n. the state of being benighted. |