BENIGHTED
(adj.) 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 : dark(adj.) overtaken by night or darkness
"benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home"
synonyms : nighted
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Mnemonics for benighted
(Tag: ) NIGHT=DARK. The "Dark Ages" (a time period lacking in reason and progress) was followed by the "Age of Enlightenment".
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-0 (Tag: ) The opposite of enLIGHTened is beNIGHTed.
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-0 (Tag: ) No light in the Night.. So Dark.. not enlightened
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