benighted

Meanings

• 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
• 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"

Synonyms

bedim, benight, dark, nighted