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" Gentle reader, the Fountain of Youth is radioactive, and those who imbibe its poisonous heavy waters will suffer the hideous fate of decaying metal. Yet almost without exception, the wretched idiot inhabitants of our benighted planet would gulp down this radioactive excrement if it were offered."
William S. Burroughs

Meaning of "benighted" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF BENIGHTED

bɪˈnaɪtɪd


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BENIGHTED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Benighted is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BENIGHTED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Benighted

Benighted is a death metal band formed in Saint-Étienne, France, in 1998. The band comprises vocalist Julien Truchan, guitarists Adrien Guérin and Olivier Gabriel, bassist Eric Lombard and drummer Kevin Foley. They have released seven albums.

Definition of benighted in the English dictionary

The definition of benighted in the dictionary is lacking cultural, moral, or intellectual enlightenment; ignorant. Other definition of benighted is overtaken by night.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BENIGHTED

delighted · disunited · excited · foresighted · near-sighted · nighted · overexcited · photoexcited · precited · sighted · unbenighted · uncited · unexcited · unindicted · uninvited · united · unlighted · unrequited · unsighted · ununited

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BENIGHTED

benight · benightedly · benightedness · benighter · benightment · benign · benign neglect · benignancy · benignant · benignantly · benignities · benignity · benignly · Benin · Benin City · Beninese · Beninois · Benioff zone · beniseed · benison

WORDS THAT END LIKE BENIGHTED

clear-sighted · counterweighted · dim-sighted · far-sighted · freighted · long-sighted · partially sighted · second-sighted · sharp-sighted · short-sighted · skylighted · thoughted · trade-weighted · unfrighted · unweighted · weighted

Synonyms and antonyms of benighted in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BENIGHTED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «benighted» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «benighted» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BENIGHTED

Find out the translation of benighted to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of benighted from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «benighted» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

愚昧
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

sumido en la ignorancia
570 millions of speakers
en

English

benighted
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

अनाड़ी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مضلل
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

погруженный во мрак
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

benighted
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

রাত্রিগ্রস্ত
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

aveugle
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Diberkati
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

hirnrissig
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

行き暮れた
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

무지 몽매
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Mbenerake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vô học
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

benighted
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अफाट
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

bilgisiz
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

ottenebrato
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

benighted
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

занурений в морок
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

ignorant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αμαθής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

duister
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

benighted
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

benighted
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of benighted

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BENIGHTED»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about benighted

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2 QUOTES WITH «BENIGHTED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word benighted.
1
William S. Burroughs
Gentle reader, the Fountain of Youth is radioactive, and those who imbibe its poisonous heavy waters will suffer the hideous fate of decaying metal. Yet almost without exception, the wretched idiot inhabitants of our benighted planet would gulp down this radioactive excrement if it were offered.
2
James McGreevey
Inauthenticity is endemic in American politics today. The political backrooms where I spent much of my career were just as benighted as my personal life, equally crowded with shadowy strangers and compromises, truths I hoped to deny. I lived not in one closet but in many.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BENIGHTED»

Discover the use of benighted in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to benighted and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Benighted
But the truth is seldom simple–and Lola may not like the shocking answers she uncovers. “An impressive debut, Benighted is a well-written and well-thought-out examination of prejudice as seen through the lens of the werewolf novel.” ...
Kit Whitfield, 2006
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Benighted
This edition includes the unabridged text of the first British edition, a new introduction by Orrin Grey, and a reproduction of the rare jacket art of the 1927 Heinemann edition.
J.b. Priestley, 2013
3
King of the Benighted
Foreword by Nasrin Rahimieh. Includes Nezami's 'Black Dome' from 'The Seven Beauties'.
Manuchehr Irani, 1995
4
Fathomsuns and benighted: Fadensonnen and Eingedunkelt
Late works by the greatest German-language poet after Rilke.
Paul Celan, 2001
5
Wild Africa: The Benighted Continent of To-Day
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Thomas Austin Bullock, 2012
6
Benighted Mexico
Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time.
Randolph Wellford Smith, 2012
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Advanced Social Psychology: The State of the Science
The Benighted Layperson view has never been the dominant view in the field, partly because it requires consensus that the job of science is to instill social values into the general public, and many social psychologists balk at such an ...
Roy F. Baumeister, Eli J. Finkel, 2010
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A Southern Enigma: Essays on Teh U.S. South
And most of my southern-bred students don't even know they are supposed to be from a benighted land. It is, then, this loss of the consciousness of being benighted—or being considered benighted by outsiders; or, in some cases, of ever ...
Fred Hobson, 2008
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The Canon of Supreme Mystery by Yang Hsiung: A Translation ...
We say of the benighted and enlightened, "They differ in their essential qualities." Yin and yang hold all the limits together. Warp and woof function as meeting places. Benighted and enlightened refer to the substantive nature.44 If yang had no ...
Michael Nylan, 1993
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The Improbable Era: The South Since World War II
Closely akin to the concept of the Defensive South is that of the Benighted South. 4 Having committed the two cardinal sins in the national mythology — slavery and secession — the South compounded these ancient wrongs by its dogged ...
Charles Pierce Roland

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BENIGHTED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term benighted is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Romney half-century?
It may be instructive that the first thing to rise from the benighted sea of unconsciousness that is the blogosphere when FIFA was seen to be rife ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
2
Homosexual Advocate Wants Christian Chaplains Who Oppose …
“Imagine the grinding teeth and anguished moans emanating from the benighted quarters of Christian fundamentalism within the U.S. military! «Christian News Network, Jul 15»
3
William Marvel: One Nation, Indecipherable
The benighted banner did represent a section trying to preserve its slave-based economy, but until the third year of the Civil War the U.S. flag ... «Conway Daily Sun, Jul 15»
4
Will FIFA's World Cup Sexism Ever Die?
But the problem isn't limited to countries ruled by benighted mullahs. After Japan's women's team won the World Cup in 2011, their soccer ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
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STUMPTALK: Exactly who are the atheists?
... is to be considered among the most intelligent, those who can look from Olympian heights and see what the benighted rest of us cannot see. «Crossville Chronicle, Jul 15»
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Thinking Something is Going to Happen ... then Nothing Does …
... who now find, on googling any matter relating to this benighted borough and its cockeyed council, only material written by Barnet bloggers, ... «NOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL LOLS, Jul 15»
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Whining White Southerners
Under such benighted tutelage, popular U.S. history as taught in public schools has become primarily a brainwashing exercise, an ideological ... «Consortium News, Jul 15»
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Government cancels conversion reform in cabinet vote
Israelis, he continued, “want to live in a state of tolerant and enlightened Judaism, and not in a benighted country that subjugates itself to the ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
9
Our naïve idea about Iraq
Then there is Donald Rumsfeld, one of the architects of our invasion of that benighted country, who has weighed in with a startling observation: ... «The City Wire, Jul 15»
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Before It's Banned, Check Out What GONE WITH THE WIND Said …
“I want to get some information about this benighted town.” Scarlett swallowed the insult to Atlanta with the contempt it deserved and smiled her ... «VDARE.com, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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