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BNC: 22739 COCA: 25859

benighted

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benighted /bɪˈnaɪtəd/ adjective
benighted
/bɪˈnaɪtəd/
adjective
Learner's definition of BENIGHTED
[more benighted; most benighted] formal
: having no knowledge or education蒙昧无知的;未开化的
BNC: 22739 COCA: 25859

benighted

adjective

be·​night·​ed bi-ˈnī-təd How to pronounce benighted (audio)
bē-
1
: overtaken by darkness or night
Benighted travellers … have seen his midnight candle glimmering. W. B. Yeats
2
: existing in a state of intellectual, moral, or social darkness : unenlightened
spreading their message among these poor benighted people
a strange, benighted country
benightedly adverb
benightedness noun

Example Sentences

the poor benighted souls who do not know the joys of reading
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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of benighted was in the 15th century
BNC: 22739 COCA: 25859

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