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befitting

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adjappropriate

Word Origin & History

1560s, present participle adjective from befit (q.v.). Related: Befittingly.

Example Sentences for befitting

So likewise it was befitting women to be chaste and refined, and to endure.

Befitting best that sex, whose sphere of action is in the heart.

The measure must be of sonorous dignity, befitting the subject.

The pose is simple and majestic, as befitting the portrait of an Emperor.

It is not befitting my maiden dignity, and I know my mother would not approve.

He hurried ...

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Synonyms for befitting

adj appropriate

becoming
behooving
beseeming
conforming
correct
fit
fitting
right
according to Hoyle
apt
comme il faut
decent
decorous
felicitous
happy
just
kosher
nice
on the button
on the nose
proper
right on
seemly
suitable
what the doctor ordered

Antonyms for befitting

imprecise
improper
inaccurate
inappropriate
incorrect
unfit
unfitting
unseemly
unsuitable
unsuited
wrong
unbecoming

More words related to befitting

agreeable

adjective. appropriate, in keeping

befitting
compatible
congruous
consistent
consonant
fitting
proper

applicable

adjective. appropriate

applicative
applicatory
apposite
apropos
apt
associable
befitting
felicitous
fit
fitting
germane
kosher
legit
material
on target
on the button
on the nose
pertinent
relevant
right on
suitable
suited
that's the idea
that's the ticket
to the point
to the purpose
useful

appropriate

adjective. suitable

adapted
applicable
appurtenant
apropos
apt
becoming
befitting
belonging
congruous
convenient
correct
deserved
desired
due
felicitous
fit
fitting
germane
good
just
on the button
on the nose
opportune
pertinent
proper
relevant
right
rightful
seemly
tailor-made
true
useful
well-suited
well-timed

apropos

adjective. relevant, suitable

applicable
apposite
appropriate
apt
befitting
belonging
correct
fit
fitting
germane
kosher
legit
material
on the button
on the nose
opportune
pertinent
proper
related
right
right on
seemly

apt