benighted
adjective
[ bɪˈnʌɪtɪd ]
• in a state of pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance.
• "they saw themselves as bringers of culture to poor benighted peoples"
Similar:
ignorant,
unenlightened,
uneducated,
unschooled,
untutored,
illiterate,
unlettered,
unlearned,
unscholarly,
unread,
uninformed,
backward,
simple,
primitive,
uncivilized,
unsophisticated,
unrefined,
uncouth,
unpolished,
uncultured,
philistine,
barbarian,
barbaric,
barbarous,
savage,
crude,
coarse,
rough,
vulgar,
gross,
yobbish,
nescient,
rude,
• overtaken by darkness.
• "a storm developed and we were forced to wait benighted near the summit"
Origin:
late 16th century (in benighted (sense 2)): past participle of archaic benight ‘cover in the darkness of night, obscure’ (see be-, night).
