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befitting

[bih-fit-ing] / bɪˈfɪt ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
appropriate
Synonyms
STRONG
becoming behooving beseeming conforming correct fit fitting right
WEAK
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
STRONG
imprecise improper inaccurate inappropriate incorrect unfit unfitting unseemly unsuitable unsuited wrong
WEAK
unbecoming

Example Sentences

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The mood is tense and uneasy, befitting a number about the precarious state of life on Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Their celebrations were joyous, befitting a team that showed incredible heart for the fight.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

It feels as though the players are not being treated in a manner befitting national team members.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

At a previous hearing, he said the posts were "not befitting of someone as educated as myself and were said in the heat of the emotion".

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

The ensemble he fears looks silly on himself would have looked dignified, elegant, befitting his father in a way he knows it does not him.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri