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单词 befitting
释义

befitting

adjective

be·​fit·​ting bi-ˈfi-tiŋ How to pronounce befitting (audio)
bē-
1
: suitable, appropriate
2
: proper, decent
befittingly
bi-ˈfi-tiŋ-lē How to pronounce befitting (audio)
bē-
adverb

Synonyms

  • correct
  • de rigueur
  • decent
  • decorous
  • genteel
  • nice
  • polite
  • proper
  • respectable
  • seemly
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Example Sentences

many voters feel that the womanizing governor has not acted in a befitting manner for someone who serves as the state's chief executive a befitting reply to a civil question
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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1612, in the meaning defined at sense 1

befitting 1 of 2

adjective

1
as in proper
following the established traditions of refined society and good taste many voters feel that the womanizing governor has not acted in a befitting manner for someone who serves as the state's chief executive

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • proper
  • polite
  • respectable
  • acceptable
  • satisfactory
  • nice
  • correct
  • decorous
  • decent
  • adequate
  • formal
  • seemly
  • elegant
  • dress
  • genteel
  • dignified
  • gracious
  • relevant
  • tolerable
  • apt
  • allowed
  • congenial
  • de rigueur
  • prim
  • permitted
  • authorized
  • compatible
  • material
  • harmonious
  • priggish
  • dressy
  • stuffy
  • kosher
  • stiff

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • unbecoming
  • improper
  • inappropriate
  • unseemly
  • unacceptable
  • unsatisfactory
  • incorrect
  • indecent
  • intolerable
  • indelicate
  • casual
  • informal
  • shabby
  • indecorous
  • tacky
  • prohibited
  • barred
  • forbidden
  • seedy
  • ungenteel
  • grungy
  • proscribed
  • disallowed
  • awkward
  • gauche
  • outlawed
  • banned
  • ungraceful
  • interdicted
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2
as in appropriate
meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation a befitting reply to a civil question

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2 of 2

verb

present participle of befit
as in fitting
to be fitting or proper spoke politely of the deceased, as befitted the occasion

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • fitting
  • suiting
  • sufficing
  • beseeming
  • serving
  • doing
  • satisfying
  • going
  • fitting the bill
  • working
  • functioning
  • filling the bill
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