English-Thai Dictionary

becoming

ADJ เหมาะสม  สมควร  Appropriate suitable mor-som

 

becomingly

ADV อย่างเหมาะสม 

 

becomingness

N กระบวน การเปลี่ยนแปลง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BECOMING

ppr. but used rarely or never except as an adjective. Fit; suitable; congruous; proper; graceful; belonging to the character, or adapted to circumstances; as, he speaks with becoming boldness; a dress is very becoming. Some writers formerly used of, after this word.
Such discourses as are becoming of them.
But this use is inelegant or improper.

 

BECOMING

a.Ornament. Obs.

 

BECOMINGLY

adv. After a becoming or proper manner.

 

BECOMINGNESS

n.Fitness, congruity; propriety; decency; gracefulness arising from fitness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BECOMING

BECOMING Be *com "ing, a.

 

Defn: Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting. A low and becoming tone. Thackeray.

 

Note: Formerly sometimes followed by of. Such discourses as are becoming of them. Dryden.

 

Syn. -- Seemly; comely; decorous; decent; proper.

 

BECOMING

BECOMING Be *com "ing, n.

 

Defn: That which is becoming or appropriate. [Obs. ]

 

BECOMINGLY

BECOMINGLY Be *com "ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a becoming manner.

 

BECOMINGNESS

BECOMINGNESS Be *com "ing *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness. The becomingness of human nature. Grew.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

becoming

be com ing |biˈkəmiNG bəˈkəmɪŋ | ▶adjective (esp. of clothing ) flattering a person's appearance: what a becoming dress! | New beret? It's very becoming. • decorous: a becoming modesty. ▶noun Philosophy the process of coming to be something or of passing into a state: a series of poem sketches in a state of becoming. DERIVATIVES be com ing ly adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

becoming

be |com ¦ing |bɪˈkʌmɪŋ | ▶adjective (of clothing ) looking good on someone: what a becoming dress! • suitable or appropriate: do not talk too much to your cousins, it's not becoming. DERIVATIVES becomingly adverb, becomingness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

becoming

becoming adjective that suit's very becoming: flattering, attractive, lovely, pretty, handsome, fetching; stylish, elegant, chic, fashionable, tasteful; archaic comely.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

becoming

becoming adjective her soft curls are very becoming: flattering, fetching, attractive, lovely, pretty, handsome, stylish, elegant, chic, fashionable, comely, tasteful. ANTONYMS unbecoming.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

becoming

be c ó m ing 形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 ｟肯定的に ｠〈服などが 〉似合う .2 適切な, 相応な .～ly 副詞