Definitions for benighted
Overview of verb benight
The verb benight has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. benight
(overtake with darkness or night)
2. benight
(envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The benighted peoples of this area")
3. benight, bedim
(make darker and difficult to perceive by sight)
Overview of adj benighted
The adj benighted has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. benighted, nighted
(overtaken by night or darkness; "benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home")
2. benighted, dark
(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")
