becoming

Definition

  • adjective: causing someone to look attractive
  • adjective: attractively suitable
  • synonyms: decent, decorous, seemly

Examples

  • Though poor, he carried himself with a dignity 'becoming' [='befitting'] a king.

  • She won the election, 'becoming' the first woman to be President of the nation.

  • It's 'becoming' [='getting'] quite cold in the evenings.

Movie quotes

  • (..) - *** - I said, stop it! - You cannot stop this, Mr. Doctor. Look, I don't even know what "this" is. It's the end and the beginning. The many becoming the few... becoming the One. Look, if you're not gonna start making sense, I'm just gonna have to put this thing back on. (..)
    2016 Doctor Strange