benighted

Words with a similar base: benighted

'benighted'

[benight.v.01] as in: overtake with darkness or night

'benighted'

[benight.v.02] as in: envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness

Examples:
The benighted peoples of this area

'benighted'

[benight.v.03] as in: make darker and difficult to perceive by sight

'benighted'

[benighted.s.01] as in: overtaken by night or darkness

Examples:
benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home

'benighted'

[benighted.s.02] as in: lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture

Examples:
this benighted country
benighted ages of barbarism and superstition
the dark ages
a dark age in the history of education

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