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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.
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.
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.
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.
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....
Definition of benighted adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Being in a state of moral or intellectual darkness; unenlightened. American Heritage. Intellectually or morally backward; unenlightened. Webster's New World. Plunged into darkness. Wiktionary. More Adjective Definitions (2) Synonyms: nighted. dark. nyctalopic. mind-blind. color-blind. unenlightened. primitive. ignorant. backward. verb.
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.
