benighted (redirected from benightedness)

be·night·ed  (b-ntd)

adj.

1. Overtaken by night or darkness.

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

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be·nighted·ly adv.

be·nighted·ness n.

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benighted [bɪˈnaɪtɪd]

adj

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

2. Archaic overtaken by night

benightedly  adv

benightedness  n

Thesaurus

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"

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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