benighted Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb overtake with darkness or night
   benight.
   
2. verb envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness
   benight.
   
   • The benighted peoples of this area
3. verb make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
   benight; bedim.
   
4. adjective satellite overtaken by night or darkness
   nighted.
   
   • benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home
5. adjective satellite lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
   dark.
   
   • this benighted country
   • benighted ages of barbarism and superstition
   • the dark ages
   • a dark age in the history of education

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