Definition of Benighted

Adjective: benighted bi'nI-tid

Overtaken by night or darkness
"benighted travellers hurrying toward home";
- nighted
Lacking enlightenment, knowledge or culture
"this benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition";
- dark

Verb: benight

Overtake with darkness or night
Envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness
"The benighted peoples of this area"
Make darker and difficult to perceive by sight
- bedim [archaic]