Antonyms for befitting


Grammar : Adj
Spell : bih-fit-ing
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈfɪt ɪŋ


Definition of befitting

Origin :
  • 1560s, present participle adjective from befit (q.v.). Related: Befittingly.
  • adj appropriate
Example sentences :
  • So likewise it was befitting women to be chaste and refined, and to endure.
  • Extract from : « The Man Who Wins » by Robert Herrick
  • Befitting best that sex, whose sphere of action is in the heart.
  • Extract from : « Man of Uz, and Other Poems » by Lydia Howard Sigourney
  • The measure must be of sonorous dignity, befitting the subject.
  • Extract from : « Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 » by Charles Herbert Sylvester
  • The pose is simple and majestic, as befitting the portrait of an Emperor.
  • Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy
  • It is not befitting my maiden dignity, and I know my mother would not approve.
  • Extract from : « In Doublet and Hose » by Lucy Foster Madison
  • He hurried away, trying his best to cover a smile with a befitting dignity.
  • Extract from : « The Cricket » by Marjorie Cooke
  • They have been called noble and masterly, and the words are befitting.
  • Extract from : « Portrait Miniatures » by George C. Williamson
  • Perhaps no such vision for the befitting in expression has ever existed.
  • Extract from : « Voltaire » by John Morley
  • Two things, however, must be kept in view, the practicable and the befitting.
  • Extract from : « Aristotle and Ancient Educational Ideals » by Thomas Davidson
  • "An idle threat, and one befitting what I have heard of you," said he.
  • Extract from : « Confessions of a Thug » by Philip Meadows Taylor

Synonyms for befitting

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