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
- 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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