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adjective
- 1. in a state of pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance: "they saw themselves as bringers of culture to poor benighted peoples"
- 2. overtaken by darkness: "a storm developed and we were forced to wait benighted near the summit"
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adjective. literary uk / bɪˈnaɪ.tɪd / us / bɪˈnaɪ.t̬ɪd / Add to word list. without knowledge or morals: Some of the early explorers thought of the local people as benighted savages who could be exploited. Synonyms. clueless informal. ignorant. illiterate. unenlightened. uninformed. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unaware.
1. : overtaken by darkness or night. Benighted travellers … have seen his midnight candle glimmering. W. B. Yeats. 2. : existing in a state of intellectual, moral, or social darkness : unenlightened. spreading their message among these poor benighted people. a strange, benighted country. benightedly adverb. benightedness noun. Synonyms.
Jun 2, 2024 · benighted (comparative more benighted, superlative most benighted) (obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe people or the place where they live as benighted, you think they are unfortunate or do not know anything. [literary, disapproval] Famine hit that benighted country once more. Synonyms: uncivilized, crude, primitive, backward More Synonyms of benighted.
adjective. literary us / bɪˈnaɪ.t̬ɪd / uk / bɪˈnaɪ.tɪd / Add to word list. without knowledge or morals: Some of the early explorers thought of the local people as benighted savages who could be exploited. Synonyms. clueless informal. ignorant. illiterate. unenlightened. uninformed. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Unaware.
Define benighted. benighted synonyms, benighted pronunciation, benighted translation, English dictionary definition of benighted. adj. 1. Overtaken by night or darkness. 2. Being in a state of moral or intellectual darkness; unenlightened. be·night′ed·ly adv. be·night′ed·ness n....
Benighted definition: intellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened. See examples of BENIGHTED used in a sentence.
Being called benighted is much like being called naive. It means lacking in knowledge or understanding—the kind you might have if you were older or more sophisticated.
If you describe people or the place where they live as benighted, you think they are unfortunate or do not know anything. [ literary , disapproval ] Famine hit that benighted country once more.
benighted meaning, definition, what is benighted: having no knowledge or understanding: Learn more.
