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Antonyms for unbecoming


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-bi-kuhm-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn bɪˈkʌm ɪŋ



Definition of unbecoming

Origin :
  • 1590s, from un- (1) "not" + becoming "fitting."
  • adj improper, unsuitable
Example sentences :
  • I am indeed concerned to find her ladyship behave in so unbecoming a manner.
  • Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding
  • It 50 would be unbecoming in me to be more diffuse on this subject.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • It was not unbecoming to her; on the contrary, she got rosy all over, her eyes were like candles.
  • Extract from : « The Fte At Coqueville » by Emile Zola
  • I cannot bear cynicism, Joe; there is no quality so unbecoming to a gentleman.
  • Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy
  • Nothing in his language or behaviour is unbecoming the guardian of the beautiful Charmides.
  • Extract from : « Charmides » by Plato
  • We are either glad or sorry at a gift, and both emotions are unbecoming.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • I wanted to regulate my feelings which, I told him, were in an unbecoming state of confusion.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • I trust that an unbecoming jealousy of my privileged position had nothing to do with it.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • Then you must allow that you have committed an unbecoming action.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • An evil genius always makes me say or do something there unbecoming.
  • Extract from : « The Home » by Fredrika Bremer

Synonyms for unbecoming

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