benighted

• Veraltetes Adjektiv, das einen Zustand moralischer oder intellektueller Finsternis, Unwissenheit oder Rückständigkeit bezeichnet.

An old-fashioned adjective meaning to be in a state of moral or intellectual darkness, ignorance, or backwardness.

1. Overtaken by darknessC2formal

   Caught or covered by the darkness of night.

   Von der Nacht überrascht

   • The benighted travelers sought shelter in a cave.
   • A benighted forest lay before them, silent and deep.
   • They were benighted on the mountain and had to wait for dawn.

   Synonymedarkdarkenedshadowed

   Antonymeilluminated

2. Lacking knowledge or cultureC2formal

   In a state of intellectual or moral darkness; ignorant or unenlightened.

   Unwissend

   • The benighted populace was kept in ignorance by the regime.
   • He spoke of the benighted customs of the past.
   • It is a benighted view that refuses to accept scientific progress.

   Synonymebackwarddarkignorantilliterateprimitiveuneducatedunenlightenedunschooled

   Antonymeculturededucatedenlightenedinformedknowledgeablelearnedsophisticatedwise

• Veraltetes Verb mit der Bedeutung, jemanden von der Nacht überraschen zu lassen, zu verdunkeln oder in moralische bzw. intellektuelle Finsternis zu stürzen.

An archaic verb meaning to overtake with night, to darken, or to involve in moral or intellectual darkness.

1. Overtake with darkness or nightC2formalbritish

   To be caught or overtaken by the darkness of night.

   Von der Nacht überrascht werden

   • The travelers were benighted on the mountain pass.
   • We were benighted before reaching the village.
   • The hikers feared being benighted in the forest.

   Synonymebedimdarkenenvelopobscureshroud

2. Envelop in intellectual or moral darknessC2formalbritish

   To plunge into a state of ignorance, confusion, or moral obscurity.

   In geistige Finsternis stürzen

   • The regime sought to benight the populace through censorship.
   • Superstition can benight even the most rational minds.
   • They were benighted by prejudice and misinformation.

   Synonymebecloudbedimbefogclouddarkeneclipseobscure

   Antonymeedifyeducateenlightenilluminateinstruct

3. Make dark and difficult to perceiveC2formalbritish

   To obscure or make something difficult to see or understand.

   Verdunkeln

   • The fog benighted the landscape, hiding the path ahead.
   • His vision was benighted by the sudden glare.
   • The complex jargon benighted the true meaning of the text.

   Synonymebecloudbedimclouddarkendimeclipseobscureovershadowshade

   Antonymebrightenclarifyenlightenilluminatelighten