benighted

adjective · verbB2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more benighted

Superlative

most benighted

1.
(obsolete, poetic)(obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
I recollect well losing the goodwill of my old grandmother by allowing a benighted wagoner to light his lantern while her back was turned, […]
2.
(obsolete)Plunged into darkness.
3.
(figuratively)Lacking education or knowledge; unenlightened; also, lacking morality; immoral, unscrupulous.
4.
(figuratively, obsolete)Difficult to understand; abstruse, obscure.

Động từ

verb

1.
(form of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of benight

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

benightedlybenightednessunbenighted

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Nguồn gốc từ

From benight + -ed.