benighted

Phonetic Respelling: [ bih-nahy-tid ]

Definition:

adj. existing in a state of moral cultural or intellectual darkness; unenlightened.

Sentence:

The play highlighted the benighted ages of barbarism and superstition.

More example sentences:

The play highlighted the benighted ages of barbarism and superstition.

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Synonyms:

unenlightened; backward; dark; ignorant; primitive

Antonyms:

enlightened

Benighted rhymes:

• Two Syllable Rhymes
  • blighted
  • cited
  • knighted
  • lighted
  • righted
  • sighted
  • sited
  • slighted
  • spited
  • whited
• Three Syllable Rhymes
  • delighted
  • excited
  • ignited
  • incited
  • indicted
  • indited
  • invited
  • recited
  • shortsighted
  • united
• Four Syllable Rhymes
  • disinvited
  • reignited
  • reinvited
  • reunited
  • unindicted
  • uninvited
  • unrequited
• Five Syllable Rhymes
  • overexcited