Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index B Cite benighted: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: be•night•ed Pronunciation: (bi-nī'tid), [key] — adj. intellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened: benighted ages of barbarism and superstition. overtaken by darkness or night. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: benighted (Thesaurus) Benicia benign TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. April 2021 Current Events: US News The Berlin Conference and the Partition of Africa The Implied Powers of Congress Noble Titles and Ranks in a Monarchy Keeping Your Brain Active in a COVID-19 World Quetzalcoatl: Aztec Myths and Myths About the Aztecs Related Content Daily Word Quiz: supertonic Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language