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View usage for: (bɪnaɪtɪd) adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]If you describe people or the place where they live as benighted, you think they are unfortunate or do not know anything. [literary, disapproval] Famine hit that benighted country once more. Synonyms: uncivilized, crude, primitive, backward More Synonyms of benighted benighted in British English (bɪˈnaɪtɪd) adjective1. lacking cultural, moral, or intellectual enlightenment; ignorant 2. archaic overtaken by night Derived forms benightedly (beˈnightedly) adverb benightedness (beˈnightedness) noun benighted in American English (biˈnaɪtɪd; bɪˈnaɪtɪd) adjective1. caught or surrounded by darkness or night 2. intellectually or morally backward; unenlightened Word origin ME, pp. of binighten: see be- & night Examples of 'benighted' in a sentencebenighted Definition lacking cultural, moral, or intellectual enlightenment the terrible circumstances of that benighted country Synonyms uncultivated unenlightened Additional synonymsDefinition limited in physical, material, or intellectual development We need to accelerate the pace of change in our backward country. Synonyms underdeveloped, primitive, undeveloped, unsophisticatedDefinition rough and simple crude wooden carvings Synonyms simple, rudimentary, basic, primitive, coarse, clumsy, rough-and-ready, rough-hewn Definition characteristic of an early simple state, esp. in being crude or basic studies of primitive societies Synonyms uncivilized, savage, barbarian, barbaric, undeveloped, uncultivated - benefit
- benevolence
- benevolent
- benighted
- benign
- bent
- bent on
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