English Explanatory Dictionary

benighted

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
  2. Plunged into darkness.
  3. Lacking education or knowledge; unenlightened; also, lacking morality; immoral, unscrupulous.
  4. Difficult to understand; abstruse, obscure.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of benight

Pronunciation

/bɪˈnaɪtɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-benighted.wav /bə-/ [-ɾɪd]

Word forms

benighted more benighted most benighted

Etymology

From benight + -ed.

Antonyms

unbenighted

Derived words

benightedly benightedness unbenighted
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