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Synonyms for benighted
bɪˈnaɪ tɪdbe·night·ed
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Princeton's WordNet
benighted, nightedadjective
overtaken by night or darkness
"benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home"
Antonyms:
enlightened, punctualbenighted, darkadjective
lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
"this benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of education"
Synonyms:
dreary, non-white, saturnine, sullen, dingy, drear, grim, sour, coloured, gloomy, morose, black, dismal, dark, sinister, moody, drab, dark-skinned, dour, obscure, blue, glum, glowering, nighted, sorry, disconsolateAntonyms:
enlightened, punctual
Dictionary of English Synonymes
benightedadjective
Synonyms:
overtaken with nightbenightedadjective
Synonyms:
involved in darkness
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
benightedadjective
Synonyms:
unenlightened, belated
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List of paraphrases for "benighted":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#271 | black | |
#618 | blue | |
#1640 | dark | |
#2263 | sorry | |
#11816 | coloured | |
#11990 | moody | |
#12027 | sour | |
#13380 | obscure | |
#14614 | ignorant | |
#14856 | grim | |
#19559 | sinister | |
#28539 | dismal | |
#28701 | gloomy | |
#37338 | dreary | |
#42339 | uninformed | |
#43052 | drab | |
#58318 | dingy | |
#58451 | sullen | |
#68728 | dour | |
#77107 | glum | |
#86369 | morose | |
#116500 | benighted | |
#167212 | disconsolate | |
#169244 | drear | |
#186740 | saturnine | |
#195687 | glowering |
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