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

  • (..) dinner tonight? I'm free for lunch. Hmm... I'm not. How about at Savoy... Eight o'clock? Splendid. Hmm... And will you becoming as yourself? Most likely. Three men have been following you for the last half mile. Their motives... highly unsavoiry. No. Oh... And by the way, (..)
    2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows