beseem

[bih-seem] / bɪˈsim /

VERB

befit

Synonyms

STRONG

agree become behoove benefit correspond do go match serve suit

WEAK

go with

Antonyms

STRONG

differ disagree refuse

VERB

behoove

Synonyms

STRONG

befit suit

WEAK

be expected be fitting be incumbent upon be needful be one's obligation be required be requisite be right owe it to

VERB

suit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

become befit conform correspond enhance fit flatter go with gratify please satisfy serve

STRONG

accord agree answer benefit check do fulfill go harmonize match square suffice tally

WEAK

answer a need be proper for be seemly check out cut the mustard fill the bill fit in get by go together make the grade pass muster

Antonyms

STRONGEST

anger annoy differ disappoint disturb frustrate mismatch offend refuse upset

STRONG

disagree fail miss neglect oppose question

WEAK

displease dissatisfy reject

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Why, does not beseem us here to inquire.

From Burl by Heady, Morrison

Of course, I have nothing to say against my daughter—she's my own uprearing, so it would ill beseem me to run her down.

From Frances Kane's Fortune by Meade, L. T.

Does it beseem a grown-up man like you to be as disobedient as a capricious child?

From The Slaves of the Padishah by J?kai, M?r

For, by what cantrip it wad ill beseem a man to judge, she was hingin’ frae a single nail an’ by a single wursted thread for darnin’ hose.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

At him to whom all are hurrying like ants to honey; but it does not beseem me to mention his name, for I have always hated boastfulness.

From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

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