benightedly

be·night·ed (b

-n

adj.

1. Overtaken by night or darkness.

2. Being in a state of moral or intellectual darkness; unenlightened.

be·nighted·ly adv.

be·nighted·ness n.

benighted [bɪˈnaɪtɪd]

adj

1. lacking cultural, moral, or intellectual enlightenment; ignorant

2. Archaic overtaken by night

benightedly adv

benightedness n

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Adj.	1.	benighted - overtaken by night or darkness; "benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home" nighted unpunctual - not punctual; after the appointed time
	2.	benighted - lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; "this benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of education" dark unenlightened - not enlightened; ignorant; "the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order"

benighted

adjective uncivilized, crude, primitive, backward, uncultivated, unenlightened the terrible circumstances of that benighted country

Translations

benighted [bɪˈnaɪtɪd] ADJ (liter) (fig) → ignorante

benighted [bɪˈnaɪtɪd] adj (literary)

(= ignorant) [person] → ignorant(e)

(= unfortunate) → maudit(e)

benighted

adj

(fig) person → unbedarft; country → gottverlassen; policy etc → hirnrissig

(lit) → von der Dunkelheit or Nacht überfallen or überrascht

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But Jim Steinmeyer's efficient though vexing new biography makes it clear why we all live today in Charles Fort's benightedly bizarre world.

Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural by Schneider, Howard / The Humanist

For even while they have tended to despise humanism as benightedly ideological, such critics have fiercely competed with it for the high moral ground.

Dollimore's challenge by Fernie, Ewan / Shakespeare Studies

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