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English adjective: benighted

1. benighted overtaken by night or darkness


SamplesBenighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home.


Synonymsnighted


Similarunpunctual


Antonymspunctual

2. benighted lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture


SamplesThis benighted country.
Benighted ages of barbarism and superstition.
The dark ages.
A dark age in the history of education.


Synonymsdark


Similarunenlightened


Antonymsenlightened









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