becoming

becoming
1. n становление
2. n редк. приличия, благопристойность; декорум
3. a приличествующий, подобающий, соответствующий

conduct not becoming to a lady — неподобающее поведение для дамы

4. a идущий к лицу; подходящий

she was wearing a very becoming hat — шляпка ей очень шла

5. a привлекательный

women in hair curlers are hardly becoming — женщины в бигуди отнюдь не привлекательны

Синонимический ряд:
1. attractive (adj.) attractive; comely; flattering; good-looking; graceful; neat; pretty; seemly; tasteful
2. decorous (adj.) au fait; Christian; civilized; conforming; de rigueur; decent; decorous; done; nice; respectable; right
3. suitable (adj.) appropriate; apt; befitting; correct; fit; fitting; proper; suitable; worthy
4. becoming (verb) agreeing with; becoming; befitting; behoving; complimenting; conform to; correspond to; enhancing; fitting; flattering; go with; going together; going with; matching; suiting
5. coming (verb) coming; getting; going; growing; running; turning; waxing
Антонимический ряд:
inappropriate; indecent; indecorous; ugly; unbecoming; uncomely; unfit; unseemly

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