Benighted
[bɪ'naɪtɪd]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) overtaken by night or darkness; 'benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Benight
Editor: Sallust
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Overtaken with night.[2]. Involved in darkness.
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Definition
adj. overtaken by night: involved in darkness intellectual or moral: ignorant.—v.t. Benight′ to involve in such darkness: to cloud with disappointment.—ns. Benight′ening; Benight′er; Benight′ing; Benight′ment.
Editor: Priscilla
Examples
- Oh, thou poor lonely little benighted boy! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- When he had identified these objects in what benighted mind he had, he said, in a dialect that was just intelligible: How goes it, Jacques? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The poor, benighted innocent had never seen such a man. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The fashionable intelligence has found it out and communicates the glad tidings to benighted England. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Hallowed be--thy-- The light is come upon the dark benighted way. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They were all to me--the suns of my benighted soul--repose in my weariness--slumber in my sleepless woe. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Pity, now, Tom couldn't, said Aunt Chloe, on whose benevolent heart the idea of Tom's benighted condition seemed to make a strong impression. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Benighted man! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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