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bɪˈfɪt ɪŋbe·fit·ting

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  1. befitting

    That is becoming in dress which suits the complexion, figure, and other qualities of the wearer, so as to produce on the whole a pleasing effect. That is decent which does not offend modesty or propriety. That is suitable which is adapted to the age, station, situation, and other circumstances of the wearer; coarse, heavy boots are suitable for farm-work; a juvenile style of dress is not suitable for an old lady. In conduct much the same rules apply. The dignity and gravity of a patriarch would not be becoming to a child; at a funeral lively, cheery sociability would not be decorous, while noisy hilarity would not be decent; sumptuous display would not be suitable for a poor person. Fit is a compendious term for whatever fits the person, time, place, occasion, etc.; as, a fit person; a fit abode; a fit place. Fitting, or befitting, is somewhat more elegant, implying a nicer adaptation. Meet, a somewhat archaic word, expresses a moral fitness; as, meet for heaven. Compare BEAUTIFUL.

    Synonyms:
    becoming, beseeming, comely, congruous, decent, decorous, fit, fitting, graceful, meet, neat, proper, seemly, suitable, worthy

    Antonyms:
    awkward, ill-becoming, ill-fitting, improper, indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unfit, unseemly, unsuitable

    Preposition:
    The dress was becoming to the wearer. Such conduct was becoming in him.

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. befittingadjective

    appropriate to

    "behavior befitting a father"

    Antonyms:
    inappropriate

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  1. befittingadjective

    Synonyms:
    becoming, suitable, fit, proper, right, meet, seemly, appropriate, congruous

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. befittingadjective

    Synonyms:
    suitable, proper, becoming, appropriate, seemly, meet, applicable, congruous

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#1152appropriate
#1931fit
#2818proper
#3367consistent
#3378becoming
#3580suitable
#7256decent
#7772fitting
#8085worthy
#9037desirable
#10534neat
#19860graceful
#34267expedient
#67543befitting
#80929comely
#168275seemly
#173643decorous
#282556congruous

How to use befitting in a sentence?

  1. Imran Khan:

    I want to tell you, Narendra Modi, that we will give a befitting response. Our armed forces are ready.

  2. Ted Cruz:

    It is utterly un-befitting of a President to be engaging in those kinds of personal insults, attacks.

  3. Stendhal:

    The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse -- as a luxury befitting a young man.

  4. Artist Dave Poulin:

    From the day of its installation, I have shared my disappointment in the final outcome and have always believed it to be by far my most unsettling sculpture, not befitting of Lucy's beauty or my ability as a sculptor.


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