benighted
(be-night-ed)
3 syllables
Definition
adjective. in a state of moral or intellectual darkness.
Example Sentence
The play highlighted the benighted ages of barbarism and superstition.
More Example Sentences
The benighted group needed more information.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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benighted
Rhymes
- blighted
- cited
- knighted
- lighted
- righted
- sighted
- sited
- slighted
- spited
- whited
- benighted
- delighted
- excited
- ignited
- incited
- indicted
- indited
- invited
- recited
- shortsighted
- united
- disinvited
- reignited
- reinvited
- reunited
- unindicted
- uninvited
- unrequited
- overexcited