Origin: Germanic
Old English prefix
Benighted has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Verb
1
simple past tense and past participle of benight
Adjective
1
overtaken by night or darkness
"benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home"
2
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"
3
Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
Example Sentences
"benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home"
adjective
"this benighted country"
adjective
"benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"
adjective
"the dark ages"
adjective
"a dark age in the history of education"
adjective