Definition of benighted in English:

benighted

adjective bɪˈnʌɪtɪdbəˈnaɪdəd

1In a state of pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance.
they saw themselves as bringers of culture to poor benighted peoples
Example sentencesExamples
- Until those central elements of decency and prosperity exist, our nation should help shelter political refugees from this benighted place.
- It would certainly confirm the country's international reputation as a backward and benighted land.
- He goes so far as to use the term ‘invincible ignorance,’ which implies that there's no point in arguing with such benighted folk, since their ignorance is invincible.
- But is it right that our appetites wreak havoc on a country most of us have never been, and where grinding poverty of a kind that's been eliminated in even the most benighted, neglected corners of our own country is as common as it is confining?
- All they could do was build the best possible shelters for themselves, before the rainy season began, while he did his best to ensure their survival and eventual escape from this benighted place.
- It's a question of internal/external forces; self-determination versus imperialist notions of ‘doing what's best for the benighted savages’.
- The British politicians who devised the policy of transportation believed they had the monopoly of rational daylight, and thought of Australia as a benighted, morally murky place.
- Indeed, there's reason to hope that even the most benighted moral equivocators may come to realize that the message is the exact opposite of the one they've been preaching.
- It is a sophisticated political response to a techno-scientific culture he viewed as primitive, destructive, benighted.
- Now what was meant, of course, in fairness to the benighted author, is that educated people are statistically disproportionately liberal.
- That would pretty much set the stage for a generations-long clash of civilizations, with my beloved, sometimes benighted country as the aggressor.
- Yet I find little to criticize here, because he does so clearly not in the benighted belief that we have ever really been free of such a pattern but in the hope that we might one day be.
- Since the late nineteenth century, travelers, local colorists, reformers, and even missionaries described the area as an isolated, benighted place populated by a culturally backward people.
- It's a primitive, benighted method of ordering life that is based mostly on coercion and the world would be much better off if all its forms were banned forever.
- And I think, you know, I'd love to see our children and grandchildren get together here a hundred years from now and roll back a tape of this show and say how benighted we were or how right we were.
- The people of Florence are far from considering themselves ignorant and benighted, and yet Brother Savonarola succeeded in persuading them that he held converse with God.
- It is not modesty but experience that makes us loath to suppose that others are benighted if they do not accept the pedagogical advantages of the curriculum we happen to favor.
- These are numbers that would have done honor to the state in its darkest, most benighted hour.
- Seen in this benighted context, the election is as inexplicable as it is marvellous.
- Besides suffering through a variety of severe but all-too-common mine accidents in its benighted history, the coalfields of Vancouver Island have also played host to some of B.C.'s most famous activists.
Synonyms
ignorant, unenlightened, uneducated, unschooled, untutored, illiterate, unlettered, unlearned, unscholarly, unread, uninformed, backward, simple
primitive, uncivilized, unsophisticated, unrefined, uncouth, unpolished, uncultured, philistine, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, savage, crude, coarse, rough, vulgar, gross
informal yobbish
literary nescient
archaic rude
2Overtaken by darkness.
a storm developed and we were forced to wait benighted near the summit
Example sentencesExamples
- When Mr. Heath, the benighted and storm-delayed traveler, threw back his dripping coat, and seated himself at the invitation of his host, before the blazing fire, Mr. Abbot thought that he had seldom seen a more attractive young man.
- A pair of climbers were benighted in a storm at the top of Royal Arches without overnight gear.
- He still continued, however, cautiously to progress along the road on which be was benighted, and at length the twinkling of a distant light raised some hope of succour in his heart.
- The forest was also frequented by outlaws, and was a place of great danger to the benighted traveller.
- Father, said Jack, can you lodge a benighted traveller that has lost his way?"

Derivatives

benightedness

noun

This is not necessarily true for all of the players in the digital library arena, and it is not necessarily benightedness that accounts for this.
Example sentencesExamples
- The price we pay is to be haunted by the demons of our cowardice and benightedness.
- Twelve hundred people attended, including eighty-six deputies, one of whom apologized profusely for his previous benightedness and pledged his allegiance to ‘reform.’
- Whose foolishness or benightedness is Peter referring to in this and in the following nocturnes of Dresden's historic architecture?
- Both in Europe and in China, the social order of feudal society showed the brutality, benightedness and hypocrisy of the feudal ruling classes.

Origin

Late 16th century (in sense 2): past participle of archaic benight 'cover in the darkness of night, obscure' (see be-, night).

Rhymes

clearsighted, shortsighted, uninvited, unlighted, unrequited, unsighted

Definition of benighted in US English:

benighted

adjectivebəˈnaɪdədbəˈnīdəd

1In 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
Example sentencesExamples
- Besides suffering through a variety of severe but all-too-common mine accidents in its benighted history, the coalfields of Vancouver Island have also played host to some of B.C.'s most famous activists.
- The British politicians who devised the policy of transportation believed they had the monopoly of rational daylight, and thought of Australia as a benighted, morally murky place.
- Seen in this benighted context, the election is as inexplicable as it is marvellous.
- That would pretty much set the stage for a generations-long clash of civilizations, with my beloved, sometimes benighted country as the aggressor.
- It is a sophisticated political response to a techno-scientific culture he viewed as primitive, destructive, benighted.
- The people of Florence are far from considering themselves ignorant and benighted, and yet Brother Savonarola succeeded in persuading them that he held converse with God.
- These are numbers that would have done honor to the state in its darkest, most benighted hour.
- It's a primitive, benighted method of ordering life that is based mostly on coercion and the world would be much better off if all its forms were banned forever.
- Indeed, there's reason to hope that even the most benighted moral equivocators may come to realize that the message is the exact opposite of the one they've been preaching.
- But is it right that our appetites wreak havoc on a country most of us have never been, and where grinding poverty of a kind that's been eliminated in even the most benighted, neglected corners of our own country is as common as it is confining?
- And I think, you know, I'd love to see our children and grandchildren get together here a hundred years from now and roll back a tape of this show and say how benighted we were or how right we were.
- Until those central elements of decency and prosperity exist, our nation should help shelter political refugees from this benighted place.
- It's a question of internal/external forces; self-determination versus imperialist notions of ‘doing what's best for the benighted savages’.
- All they could do was build the best possible shelters for themselves, before the rainy season began, while he did his best to ensure their survival and eventual escape from this benighted place.
- Now what was meant, of course, in fairness to the benighted author, is that educated people are statistically disproportionately liberal.
- Since the late nineteenth century, travelers, local colorists, reformers, and even missionaries described the area as an isolated, benighted place populated by a culturally backward people.
- He goes so far as to use the term ‘invincible ignorance,’ which implies that there's no point in arguing with such benighted folk, since their ignorance is invincible.
- It is not modesty but experience that makes us loath to suppose that others are benighted if they do not accept the pedagogical advantages of the curriculum we happen to favor.
- Yet I find little to criticize here, because he does so clearly not in the benighted belief that we have ever really been free of such a pattern but in the hope that we might one day be.
- It would certainly confirm the country's international reputation as a backward and benighted land.
Synonyms
ignorant, unenlightened, uneducated, unschooled, untutored, illiterate, unlettered, unlearned, unscholarly, unread, uninformed, backward, simple
2Overtaken by darkness.
a storm developed and we were forced to wait benighted near the summit
Example sentencesExamples
- The forest was also frequented by outlaws, and was a place of great danger to the benighted traveller.
- Father, said Jack, can you lodge a benighted traveller that has lost his way?"
- When Mr. Heath, the benighted and storm-delayed traveler, threw back his dripping coat, and seated himself at the invitation of his host, before the blazing fire, Mr. Abbot thought that he had seldom seen a more attractive young man.
- A pair of climbers were benighted in a storm at the top of Royal Arches without overnight gear.
- He still continued, however, cautiously to progress along the road on which be was benighted, and at length the twinkling of a distant light raised some hope of succour in his heart.

Origin

Late 16th century (in benighted (sense 2)): past participle of archaic benight ‘cover in the darkness of night, obscure’ (see be-, night).

单词	benighted
释义	Definition of benighted in English: benighted adjective bɪˈnʌɪtɪdbəˈnaɪdəd 1In a state of pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance. they saw themselves as bringers of culture to poor benighted peoples Example sentencesExamples Until those central elements of decency and prosperity exist, our nation should help shelter political refugees from this benighted place. It would certainly confirm the country's international reputation as a backward and benighted land. He goes so far as to use the term ‘invincible ignorance,’ which implies that there's no point in arguing with such benighted folk, since their ignorance is invincible. But is it right that our appetites wreak havoc on a country most of us have never been, and where grinding poverty of a kind that's been eliminated in even the most benighted, neglected corners of our own country is as common as it is confining? All they could do was build the best possible shelters for themselves, before the rainy season began, while he did his best to ensure their survival and eventual escape from this benighted place. It's a question of internal/external forces; self-determination versus imperialist notions of ‘doing what's best for the benighted savages’. The British politicians who devised the policy of transportation believed they had the monopoly of rational daylight, and thought of Australia as a benighted, morally murky place. Indeed, there's reason to hope that even the most benighted moral equivocators may come to realize that the message is the exact opposite of the one they've been preaching. It is a sophisticated political response to a techno-scientific culture he viewed as primitive, destructive, benighted. Now what was meant, of course, in fairness to the benighted author, is that educated people are statistically disproportionately liberal. That would pretty much set the stage for a generations-long clash of civilizations, with my beloved, sometimes benighted country as the aggressor. Yet I find little to criticize here, because he does so clearly not in the benighted belief that we have ever really been free of such a pattern but in the hope that we might one day be. Since the late nineteenth century, travelers, local colorists, reformers, and even missionaries described the area as an isolated, benighted place populated by a culturally backward people. It's a primitive, benighted method of ordering life that is based mostly on coercion and the world would be much better off if all its forms were banned forever. And I think, you know, I'd love to see our children and grandchildren get together here a hundred years from now and roll back a tape of this show and say how benighted we were or how right we were. The people of Florence are far from considering themselves ignorant and benighted, and yet Brother Savonarola succeeded in persuading them that he held converse with God. It is not modesty but experience that makes us loath to suppose that others are benighted if they do not accept the pedagogical advantages of the curriculum we happen to favor. These are numbers that would have done honor to the state in its darkest, most benighted hour. Seen in this benighted context, the election is as inexplicable as it is marvellous. Besides suffering through a variety of severe but all-too-common mine accidents in its benighted history, the coalfields of Vancouver Island have also played host to some of B.C.'s most famous activists. Synonyms ignorant, unenlightened, uneducated, unschooled, untutored, illiterate, unlettered, unlearned, unscholarly, unread, uninformed, backward, simple primitive, uncivilized, unsophisticated, unrefined, uncouth, unpolished, uncultured, philistine, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, savage, crude, coarse, rough, vulgar, gross informal yobbish literary nescient archaic rude 2Overtaken by darkness. a storm developed and we were forced to wait benighted near the summit Example sentencesExamples When Mr. Heath, the benighted and storm-delayed traveler, threw back his dripping coat, and seated himself at the invitation of his host, before the blazing fire, Mr. Abbot thought that he had seldom seen a more attractive young man. A pair of climbers were benighted in a storm at the top of Royal Arches without overnight gear. He still continued, however, cautiously to progress along the road on which be was benighted, and at length the twinkling of a distant light raised some hope of succour in his heart. The forest was also frequented by outlaws, and was a place of great danger to the benighted traveller. Father, said Jack, can you lodge a benighted traveller that has lost his way?" Derivatives benightedness noun This is not necessarily true for all of the players in the digital library arena, and it is not necessarily benightedness that accounts for this. Example sentencesExamples The price we pay is to be haunted by the demons of our cowardice and benightedness. Twelve hundred people attended, including eighty-six deputies, one of whom apologized profusely for his previous benightedness and pledged his allegiance to ‘reform.’ Whose foolishness or benightedness is Peter referring to in this and in the following nocturnes of Dresden's historic architecture? Both in Europe and in China, the social order of feudal society showed the brutality, benightedness and hypocrisy of the feudal ruling classes. Origin Late 16th century (in sense 2): past participle of archaic benight 'cover in the darkness of night, obscure' (see be-, night). Rhymes clearsighted, shortsighted, uninvited, unlighted, unrequited, unsighted Definition of benighted in US English: benighted adjectivebəˈnaɪdədbəˈnīdəd 1In 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 Example sentencesExamples Besides suffering through a variety of severe but all-too-common mine accidents in its benighted history, the coalfields of Vancouver Island have also played host to some of B.C.'s most famous activists. The British politicians who devised the policy of transportation believed they had the monopoly of rational daylight, and thought of Australia as a benighted, morally murky place. Seen in this benighted context, the election is as inexplicable as it is marvellous. That would pretty much set the stage for a generations-long clash of civilizations, with my beloved, sometimes benighted country as the aggressor. It is a sophisticated political response to a techno-scientific culture he viewed as primitive, destructive, benighted. The people of Florence are far from considering themselves ignorant and benighted, and yet Brother Savonarola succeeded in persuading them that he held converse with God. These are numbers that would have done honor to the state in its darkest, most benighted hour. It's a primitive, benighted method of ordering life that is based mostly on coercion and the world would be much better off if all its forms were banned forever. Indeed, there's reason to hope that even the most benighted moral equivocators may come to realize that the message is the exact opposite of the one they've been preaching. But is it right that our appetites wreak havoc on a country most of us have never been, and where grinding poverty of a kind that's been eliminated in even the most benighted, neglected corners of our own country is as common as it is confining? And I think, you know, I'd love to see our children and grandchildren get together here a hundred years from now and roll back a tape of this show and say how benighted we were or how right we were. Until those central elements of decency and prosperity exist, our nation should help shelter political refugees from this benighted place. It's a question of internal/external forces; self-determination versus imperialist notions of ‘doing what's best for the benighted savages’. All they could do was build the best possible shelters for themselves, before the rainy season began, while he did his best to ensure their survival and eventual escape from this benighted place. Now what was meant, of course, in fairness to the benighted author, is that educated people are statistically disproportionately liberal. Since the late nineteenth century, travelers, local colorists, reformers, and even missionaries described the area as an isolated, benighted place populated by a culturally backward people. He goes so far as to use the term ‘invincible ignorance,’ which implies that there's no point in arguing with such benighted folk, since their ignorance is invincible. It is not modesty but experience that makes us loath to suppose that others are benighted if they do not accept the pedagogical advantages of the curriculum we happen to favor. Yet I find little to criticize here, because he does so clearly not in the benighted belief that we have ever really been free of such a pattern but in the hope that we might one day be. It would certainly confirm the country's international reputation as a backward and benighted land. Synonyms ignorant, unenlightened, uneducated, unschooled, untutored, illiterate, unlettered, unlearned, unscholarly, unread, uninformed, backward, simple 2Overtaken by darkness. a storm developed and we were forced to wait benighted near the summit Example sentencesExamples The forest was also frequented by outlaws, and was a place of great danger to the benighted traveller. Father, said Jack, can you lodge a benighted traveller that has lost his way?" When Mr. Heath, the benighted and storm-delayed traveler, threw back his dripping coat, and seated himself at the invitation of his host, before the blazing fire, Mr. Abbot thought that he had seldom seen a more attractive young man. A pair of climbers were benighted in a storm at the top of Royal Arches without overnight gear. He still continued, however, cautiously to progress along the road on which be was benighted, and at length the twinkling of a distant light raised some hope of succour in his heart. Origin Late 16th century (in benighted (sense 2)): past participle of archaic benight ‘cover in the darkness of night, obscure’ (see be-, night).
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