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[ bih-nahy-tid ] / bɪˈnaɪ tɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR benighted ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveintellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened: benighted ages of barbarism and superstition. overtaken by darkness or night. Origin of benightedFirst recorded in 1565–75; be- + night + -ed2 SYNONYMS FOR benighted1 backward, primitive, crude, uncultivated. SEE SYNONYMS FOR benighted ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM benightedbe·night·ed·ly, adverbbe·night·ed·ness, nounWords nearby benightedBen-Gurion, David, Ben Hur, Beni, Benicia, Benidorm, benighted, benign, benignant, benign hypertension, benign inoculation lymphoreticulosis, benignity Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for benightedColonial rhetoric was often virtuous: colonizers would bring civilization to benighted Africans. Why Africa’s Turning Anti-Gay|Jay Michaelson|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST But I quickly realized that no one really thought that—and if they did think that, they were too benighted to worry about. Is Bravo’s Jewish Princesses Long Island the Most Offensive TV Show Ever?|Andrew Romano|July 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST Last week, I took it upon myself to introduce you benighted savages to one of the great comedies of modern times. Why You're Wrong About Monty Python|Tom Doran|March 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST I knew immediately where to locate my benighted family and growing restlessness. In A Very Deep Way: Remembering Rabbi David Hartman|Bernard Avishai|February 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In 1975 he went from benighted Warsaw to far more benighted Luanda to cover the civil war in Angola. P.J. O’Rourke Picks His Favorite Travel Books|P. J. O’Rourke|November 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST Blessed should I be if I could beguile a benighted traveller into safety! Willing to Die|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu They dwell under the painted lodge of the barbarian, and they burn even in the heart of the benighted heathen. The Infidel, Vol. II.|Robert Montgomery Bird Having started rather late in the afternoon, we were benighted before we reached Manlius Square, where we lodged. A Visit To The United States In 1841|Joseph Sturge Benighted Dorothy Lennard, on the other hand, fluked into her wretched success by sheer luck. Go and look at the benighted Romanist, giving money to his priest to pray for his soul, and yet dying without comfort. Practical Religion|John Charles Ryle
British Dictionary definitions for benighted
adjectivelacking cultural, moral, or intellectual enlightenment; ignorant archaic overtaken by night Derived forms of benightedbenightedly, adverbbenightedness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to benighteduntaught, unlearned, backward, dark, ignorant, primitive, simple, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unschooled |