What is an unenlightened person?

unenlightened – not enlightened; ignorant; “the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order” uneducated – not having a good education. uninformed – not informed; lacking in knowledge or information; “the uninformed public”

What does it mean to enlighten someone?

: to give knowledge or understanding to (someone) : to explain something to (someone) See the full definition for enlighten in the English Language Learners Dictionary. enlighten. verb.

What is a synonym for not aware?

Find another word for unaware. In this page you can discover 52 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for unaware, like: oblivious, out-of-it, ignorant, unapprised, innocent, inattentive, uninformed, aware, unacquainted, unmindful and unknowing.

Is Benightedness a word?

The condition of being ignorant; lack of knowledge or learning: ignorance, illiteracy, illiterateness, nescience.

What is the word for lacking knowledge?

Frequently Asked Questions About ignorant Some common synonyms of ignorant are illiterate, unlearned, unlettered, and untutored. While all these words mean “not having knowledge,” ignorant may imply a general condition or it may apply to lack of knowledge or awareness of a particular thing.

What is the synonym of the word enlighten?

acquaint, advise, civilize, edify, educate, inform, uplift, apprise, brief, catechize, convert, counsel, direct, disclose, divulge, elucidate, guide, illume, illuminate, illumine.

Is enlighten rude?

“Enlighten” is a high-register word, and unlikely to be used in casual conversation without this kind of nuance.

What is the word for lack of knowledge?

Some common synonyms of ignorant are illiterate, unlearned, unlettered, and untutored. While all these words mean “not having knowledge,” ignorant may imply a general condition or it may apply to lack of knowledge or awareness of a particular thing.

What do you call a person who is unaware?

heedless, negligent, oblivious, unconcerned, unfamiliar, uninformed, incognizant, blind, careless, daydreaming, deaf, doped, forgetful, inattentive, insensible, mooning, nescient, not all there, out cold, out of it.

What is a benighted?

Definition of benighted 1 : overtaken by darkness or night Benighted travellers … have seen his midnight candle glimmering.— W. B. Yeats. 2 : existing in a state of intellectual, moral, or social darkness : unenlightened spreading their message among these poor benighted people a strange, benighted country.

What is another word for jet black?

What is another word for jet-black?

black	ebony
jet	raven
coal-black	inky
pitch-black	sable
pitch-dark	sooty