Definition of benighted Benighted
/bɪnajˈtɪd/ - [binaytid] - be•night•ed
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What does benighted mean?
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| benighted - 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" | ||
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| unenlightened not enlightened; ignorant; "the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order" | ||
| benighted - overtaken by night or darkness; "benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home" | ||
| nighted | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- benighted (imp. & p. p.)
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Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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benighted
be-nīt′ed, adj. overtaken by night: involved in darkness, intellectual or moral: ignorant.—v.t. Benight′, to involve in such darkness: to cloud with disappointment.—ns. Benight′ening; Benight′er; Benight′ing; Benight′ment. [Pfx. be- and Night.]
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