benighted

English - Turkish

Definition of benighted in English Turkish dictionary

{s} kara cahil

bilgisiz

geceye kalmış

cahil

gece karanIığına kalmış

{s} karanlıkta kalmış

Related Terms

plunged into darkness

karanlığa gömüldü

benight

gecenin karanlığında kalmak

benightedly

karanlıkta kalmış şekilde

English - English

Definition of benighted in English English dictionary

lacking knowledge or education; unenlightened

Simple past tense and past participle of benight

overtaken by night

plunged into darkness

{a} overtaken by the night, involved in darkness or ignorance

disapproval If you describe people or the place where they live as benighted, you think they are unfortunate or do not know anything. Famine hit that benighted country once more. having no knowledge or understanding (benighted (16-20 centuries), from night)

overtaken by night or darkness; "benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home

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"

past of benight

{s} ignorant, uneducated; unenlightened; caught in the dark

overtaken by night or darkness; "benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home"

Related Terms

benight

To darken

Their fighters drink the rivers up, their shafts benight the air.

benight

To be caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination

benight

To overtake with night

benight

{v} to involve in night, to darken

benight

make difficult to perceive by sight; "The foliage of the huge tree obscures the view of the lake"

benight

{f} overtake by darkness

benight

To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task

benight

overtake with darkness or night

benight

To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light

benight

envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The benighted peoples of this area" overtake with darkness or night

benight

envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The benighted peoples of this area"

benight

To be caught out by oncoming night before reaching ones destination

benight

To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure

benightedly

In a benighted manner

benightedly

unenlightened manner (intellectually or morally)

Hyphenation

be·night·ed

Turkish pronunciation

bînaytîd

Pronunciation

/bəˈnītəd/ /bɪˈnaɪtɪd/