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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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