ALL meanings of benighted
be·night·ed
B b - adjective benighted If you describe people or the place where they live as benighted, you think they are unfortunate or do not know anything. 3
- adjective benighted lacking cultural, moral, or intellectual enlightenment; ignorant 3
- adjective benighted overtaken by night 3
- adjective benighted caught or surrounded by darkness or night 3
- adjective benighted intellectually or morally backward; unenlightened 3
- adjective benighted intellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened: benighted ages of barbarism and superstition. 1
- adjective benighted overtaken by darkness or night. 1
- adjective benighted ignorant, unenlightened 1
- verb benighted (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of benight. 0
- adjective benighted plunged into darkness. 0
- adjective benighted overtaken by night. 0
- adjective benighted lacking knowledge or education; unenlightened. 0