benighted

be·night·ed

adj \bi-ˈnī-təd, bē-\

Definition of BENIGHTED

1

: overtaken by darkness or night

2

: existing in a state of intellectual, moral, or social darkness : unenlightened

— be·night·ed·ly adverb

— be·night·ed·ness noun

Examples of BENIGHTED

1. <the poor benighted souls who do not know the joys of reading>

First Known Use of BENIGHTED

15th century

Related to BENIGHTED

Synonyms: analphabetic, ignorant, dark, illiterate, nonliterate, rude, simple, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unschooled, untaught, untutored

Antonyms: educated, knowledgeable, lettered, literate, schooled, well-informed, well-read

Related Words: functionally illiterate, innumerate, semiliterate, unknowledgeable; artless, lowbrow, philistine, uncultivated, uncultured; callow, green, inexperienced, innocent, naive (or naïve); unsophisticated; raw, unskilled, untrained; brainless, dumb, idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), moronic, stupid, witless; foolish, senseless, silly

Near Antonyms: brilliant, intelligent, smart; experienced, expert, trained; erudite, learned, polyhistoric, polymath (or polymathic), scholarly; cultivated, cultured, highbrow, intellectual; sophisticated; acquainted, aware, familiar

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Rhymes with BENIGHTED

attrited, clear-sighted, farsighted, foresighted, nearsighted, sharp-sighted, shortsighted, skylighted, united