Synonyms for unbecoming
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhn-bi-kuhm-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn bɪˈkʌm ɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for unbecoming
Définition of unbecoming
Origin :- 1590s, from un- (1) "not" + becoming "fitting."
- adj improper, unsuitable
- 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
Antonyms for unbecoming
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