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

  • (..) that the 'undead' are really dead-ed Don't get off stingy with your bullets. I mean one more clean shot to the head. And this lady could have avoided becoming a human happy-meal. Woulda? Coulda? Shoulda? It wasn't long before the zombies began to get clever. (..)
    2009 Zombieland