Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb benight

3 senses of benight

Sense 1
benight -- (overtake with darkness or night)
       => overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake -- (overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli)

Sense 2
benight -- (envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The benighted peoples of this area")
       => envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose -- (enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house")

Sense 3
benight, bedim -- (make darker and difficult to perceive by sight)
       => darken -- (make dark or darker; "darken a room")