Synonyms of the word

benight

• v. To overtake with night.
• v. (of a traveller, etc) To be caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
• v. To darken.

bedim

• v. (transitive) To make dim; to obscure or darken.

darken

• v. (transitive) To make dark or darker by reducing light.
• v. (intransitive) To become dark or darker (having less light).
• v. (transitive) To make dark or darker in colour.
• v. (intransitive) To become dark or darker in colour.
• v. (transitive) To render gloomy, darker in mood.
• v. (intransitive) To become gloomy, darker in mood.
• v. (transitive) To blind, impair eyesight.
• v. (intransitive) To be blinded, loose clear vision.
• v. To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
• v. To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.

enclose

• v. (transitive) To surround with a wall, fence, etc.
• v. (transitive) To insert into a container, usually an envelope or package.
• v. (intransitive) To hold or contain.

enfold

• v. To fold something around; to envelop.
• v. To embrace.

envelop

• v. (transitive) To surround or enclose.

enwrap

• v. To wrap around, surround; to envelop.
• v. To absorb completely or engross.

obscure

• adj. Dark, faint or indistinct.
• adj. Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous.
• adj. difficult to understand.
• adj. not well-known.
• v. (transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible,…
• v. (transitive) To hide, put out of sight etc.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To conceal oneself; to hide.

overcome

• v. (transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To win (a battle).
• v. (intransitive) To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
• v. (transitive, usually in passive) To overwhelm with emotion.
• v. To come or pass over; to spread over.
• v. To overflow; to surcharge.

overpower

• v. (transitive) To subdue someone by superior force.
• v. (transitive) To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to subdue.
• v. (transitive) To render imperceptible by means of greater strength, intensity etc.

overtake

• v. To pass a more slowly moving object.
• v. (economics) To become greater than something else.
• v. To occur unexpectedly; take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away.

overwhelm

• v. To engulf, surge over and submerge.
• v. To overpower, crush.
• v. To overpower emotionally.
• v. To cause to surround, to cover.
• n. The state or condition of being overwhelmed.

whelm

• v. To cover; to submerge; to engulf; to bury.
• v. To overcome with emotion.
• v. (obsolete) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.

wrap

• v. (transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
• v. (transitive) To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
• v. (figuratively) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
• v. (transitive or intransitive, video production) To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show,…
• v. (lines, words, text, etc.) To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line.
• v. (computing, transitive) To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
• n. A garment that one wraps around the body to keep oneself warm.
• n. A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
• n. (entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
• n. A wraparound mortgage.