GRE vocabulary
benighted
ignorant or unenlightened, as if in moral or intellectual darkness
In a sentence
Benighted in a sentence
Here is an example sentence showing benighted in a sentence.
He dismissed the past as a benighted age of superstition.
Synonyms
ignorantuninformedbackwardunenlightened
Antonyms
enlightenedinformed
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Common questions
Questions about “benighted”
Benighted (adjective) means ignorant or unenlightened, as if in moral or intellectual darkness
Here is benighted used in an example sentence: "He dismissed the past as a benighted age of superstition."
Common synonyms for benighted include ignorant, uninformed, backward, unenlightened.
Antonyms of benighted include enlightened, informed.
Benighted is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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