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单词 becoming
释义

becoming

adjective

be·​com·​ing bi-ˈkə-miŋ How to pronounce becoming (audio)
bē-
: suitable, fitting
especially : attractively suitable
becoming modesty
becomingly
bi-ˈkə-miŋ-lē How to pronounce becoming (audio)
bē-
adverb

Synonyms

  • applicable
  • appropriate
  • apt
  • befitting
  • felicitous
  • fit
  • fitted
  • fitting
  • good
  • happy
  • meet
  • pretty
  • proper
  • right
  • suitable
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Example Sentences

That jacket is very becoming on you. She's had her hair cut in a becoming new style. She accepted the award with a becoming humility.

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

becoming

adjective

be·​com·​ing bi-ˈkə-miŋ How to pronounce becoming (audio)
: having a flattering effect
becoming clothes

becoming 1 of 2

adjective

as in suitable
meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation that's a particularly becoming dress for the dance

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • suitable
  • fitting
  • appropriate
  • fit
  • fitted
  • proper
  • pretty
  • good
  • meet
  • befitting
  • in order
  • applicable
  • right
  • happy
  • apt
  • needed
  • acceptable
  • required
  • capable
  • balanced
  • adequate
  • just
  • deserved
  • felicitous
  • justified
  • competent
  • satisfactory
  • able
  • qualified
  • cut out
  • trained
  • requisite
  • seemly
  • decent
  • serviceable
  • decorous
  • correct
  • tolerable
  • respectable
  • rightful
  • kosher
  • condign
  • harmonious
  • consonant
  • companionate
  • congruous
  • pitch-perfect

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • unbecoming
  • incapable
  • unfit
  • wrong
  • inapplicable
  • unhappy
  • improper
  • unsuitable
  • inappropriate
  • unseemly
  • incompetent
  • misbecoming
  • unfitting
  • indecent
  • incongruous
  • inadequate
  • unskilled
  • inapt
  • unqualified
  • untrained
  • intolerable
  • unacceptable
  • inapposite
  • unsatisfactory
  • inept
  • unmeet
  • unbeseeming
  • inexpert
  • unapt
  • unskillful
  • infelicitous
  • incorrect
  • incompatible
  • malapropos
  • indecorous
  • uncongenial
  • graceless
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becoming

2 of 2

verb

present participle of become
as in growing
to eventually have as a state or quality many people became sick with the flu with the arrival of autumn the days become crisper and breezier

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • growing
  • getting
  • going
  • turning
  • coming
  • running
  • transforming
  • changing
  • altering
  • waxing
  • metamorphosing
  • modifying
  • transmuting
  • mutating
  • transfiguring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • being
  • remaining
  • continuing
  • staying
  • lingering
  • abiding
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