About The Word Becoming
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Becoming
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What's The Definition Of Becoming?
[adj] displaying or setting off to best advantage; "a becoming new shade of rose"; "a becoming portrait"
[adj] according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior" Synonyms | Synonyms for Becoming: comely | comme il faut | decent | decorous | flattering | proper | seemly Related Terms | Find terms related to Becoming: a propos | ad rem | adapted | advantageous | advisable | agreeable | amply endowed | applicable | apposite | appropriate | apropos | apt | attractive | beautifying | befitting | bonny | braw | built | built for comfort | buxom | callipygian | callipygous | chic | civil | comely | comme il faut | condign | conforming | congruous | convenient | correct | curvaceous | curvy | decent | decorous | delicate | desirable | dovetailing | elegant | enhancing | expedient | fair | fashionable | favorable | feasible | felicitous | fetching | fit | fitted | fitten | fitting | flattering | fructuous | geared | genteel | goddess-like | good | good-looking | goodly | happy | Junoesque | just | just right | likely | lovely to behold | meet | meshing | modest | nice | on the button | opportune | pat | personable | pleasing | pneumatic | politic | presentable | profitable | proper | qualified | recommendable | relevant | right | rightful | seasonable | seemly | shapely | sightly | slender | sortable | stacked | statuesque | stylish | suitable | suited | suiting | tailored | tasteful | timely | to be desired | to the point | to the purpose | urbane | useful | well-built | well-favored | well-formed | well-made | well-proportioned | well-shaped | well-stacked | well-timed | wise | worthwhile See Also | Becoming In Webster's Dictionary \Be*com"ing\, a.
Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.
A low and becoming tone. --Thackeray.
Note: Formerly sometimes followed by of.
Such discourses as are becoming of them.
--Dryden.
Syn: Seemly; comely; decorous; decent; proper.
\Be*com"ing\, n. That which is becoming or appropriate. [Obs.] |
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