benighted
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
overtaken by night or darkness
benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home
Related & opposite
- unpunctual similar to
Sense 2 adjective
lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
this benighted country
Related & opposite
- darkness derivation
- unenlightened similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unpunctual |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | darkness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unenlightened |