benighted

• Adjectif désignant une personne ou un état plongé dans l'ignorance, l'obscurité morale ou intellectuelle, souvent avec une connotation de retard ou d'égarement.

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.

   Surpris par la nuit

   • 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.

   Synonymesdarkdarkenedshadowed

   Antonymesilluminated

2. Lacking knowledge or cultureC2formal

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

   Ignorant, sans culture

   • 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.

   Synonymesbackwarddarkignorantilliterateprimitiveuneducatedunenlightenedunschooled

   Antonymesculturededucatedenlightenedinformedknowledgeablelearnedsophisticatedwise

• Verbe vieilli signifiant surprendre par la nuit, plonger dans les ténèbres ou dans l'obscurité morale ou intellectuelle.

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.

   Être surpris par la nuit

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

   Synonymesbedimdarkenenvelopobscureshroud

2. Envelop in intellectual or moral darknessC2formalbritish

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

   plonger dans l'ignorance ou l'obscurité morale

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

   Synonymesbecloudbedimbefogclouddarkeneclipseobscure

   Antonymesedifyeducateenlightenilluminateinstruct

3. Make dark and difficult to perceiveC2formalbritish

   To obscure or make something difficult to see or understand.

   Assombrir, rendre obscur

   • 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.

   Synonymesbecloudbedimclouddarkendimeclipseobscureovershadowshade

   Antonymesbrightenclarifyenlightenilluminatelighten