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(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.

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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
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