benight

English - Turkish

Definition of benight in English Turkish dictionary

gecenin karanlığında kalmak

Related Terms

benighted

{s} kara cahil

benighted

bilgisiz

benighted

geceye kalmış

benighted

cahil

benighted

gece karanIığına kalmış

benighted

{s} karanlıkta kalmış

English - English

Definition of benight in English English dictionary

To darken

Their fighters drink the rivers up, their shafts benight the air.

To be caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination

To overtake with night

{v} to involve in night, to darken

make difficult to perceive by sight; "The foliage of the huge tree obscures the view of the lake"

{f} overtake by darkness

To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task

overtake with darkness or night

To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light

envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The benighted peoples of this area" overtake with darkness or night

envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The benighted peoples of this area"

To be caught out by oncoming night before reaching ones destination

To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure

Related Terms

benighted

lacking knowledge or education; unenlightened

benighted

Simple past tense and past participle of benight

benighted

overtaken by night

benighted

plunged into darkness

benighted

{a} overtaken by the night, involved in darkness or ignorance

benighted

disapproval If you describe people or the place where they live as benighted, you think they are unfortunate or do not know anything. Famine hit that benighted country once more. having no knowledge or understanding (benighted (16-20 centuries), from night)

benighted

overtaken by night or darkness; "benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home

benighted

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"

benighted

past of benight

benighted

{s} ignorant, uneducated; unenlightened; caught in the dark

benighted

overtaken by night or darkness; "benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home"

Etymology

() From be- +‎ night.