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English adjective: benighted | |||
| 1. | benighted overtaken by night or darkness | ||
| Samples | Benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home. | ||
| Synonyms | nighted | ||
| Similar | unpunctual | ||
| Antonyms | punctual | ||
| 2. | benighted lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture | ||
| Samples | This benighted country. Benighted ages of barbarism and superstition. The dark ages. A dark age in the history of education. | ||
| Synonyms | dark | ||
| Similar | unenlightened | ||
| Antonyms | enlightened | ||
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