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Benighted vs Tenebrose - What's the difference?

benighted | tenebrose |

As adjectives the difference between benighted and tenebrose

is that benighted is plunged into darkness while tenebrose is dark; tenebrous.

As a verb benighted

is (label)(benight).

benighted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • plunged into darkness
  • overtaken by night
  • * 1936 , Robert Frost, "Desert Places"
  • And lonely as it is, that loneliness
    Will be more lonely ere it will be less —
    A blanker whiteness of benighted snow
    With no expression, nothing to express.
  • lacking knowledge or education; unenlightened
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (label)(benight)
  • Anagrams

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    tenebrose

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Dark; tenebrous.
  • (figuratively) obscure; obtuse; incomprehensible.
  • (figuratively) morally, culturally or mentally benighted; backward; uncivilized.
  • (figuratively) gloomy.
  • See also

    * tenebrous

    References

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