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- Dictionarybe·night·ed/bəˈnīdəd/
adjective
- 1. in a state of pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance, typically owing to a lack of opportunity: "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.
The meaning of BENIGHTED is overtaken by darkness or night. How to use benighted in a sentence.
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.
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....
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.
If you describe people or the place where they live as benighted, you think they are unfortunate or do not know anything.
If you describe people or the place where they live as benighted, you think they are unfortunate or do not know anything.
benighted meaning, definition, what is benighted: having no knowledge or understanding: Learn more.
