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

  • (..) Yeah? What? You have a problem, mister, you come to me - you don't take the law in your own hands, You are really becoming a pain in the ass, I asked him what he was doing, putting notes in my locker, He started calling me names and pushing me around, (..)
    1994 The Glass Shield