· overtake with darkness or night

Hypernym(s): overwhelm, overpower, sweep_over, whelm, overcome, overtake

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

Hypernym(s): envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose

· make darker and difficult to perceive by sight

Synonym(s): bedim

Hypernym(s): darken

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

Synonym(s): nighted

· 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"

Synonym(s): dark