benight | (verb) make darker and difficult to perceive by sight | Synonyms: bedim |
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(verb) envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness | - |
(verb) overtake with darkness or night | - |
benighted | (adjective) lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture | Synonyms: dark |
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(adjective) overtaken by night or darkness | Synonyms: nighted |
benign | (adjective) pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence | Synonyms: benignant |
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(adjective) not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor) | - |
(adjective) kindness of disposition or manner | - |
benignancy | (noun) the quality of being kind and gentle | Synonyms: benignity, graciousness |
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benignant | (adjective) pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence | Synonyms: benign |
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(adjective) characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects | Synonyms: gracious |
benignantly | (adverb) in a benign manner | Synonyms: benignly |
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benignity | (noun) a kind act | Synonyms: kindness |
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(noun) the quality of being kind and gentle | Synonyms: benignancy, graciousness |
benignly | (adverb) in a benign manner | Synonyms: benignantly |
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benison | (noun) a spoken blessing | - |
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