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Meanings of
unbecoming
in anglès
Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society.
indecent
unseemly
untoward
indecorous
uncomely
Related terms
improper
Sinònims
Examples for "
indecent
"
indecent
unseemly
untoward
indecorous
uncomely
Examples for "
indecent
"
1
Oil giants will be forced to change their
indecent
behavior, he said.
2
Seven students were charged with
indecent
exposure after a game last year.
3
Stop stemming! but you don't know the Spanish words for
indecent
exposure.
4
They were being questioned about
indecent
images of children on the Internet.
5
Saint Augustine ridiculed one of the Roman gods in grossly
indecent
language.
1
Amerigo Bonasera had found this solution to the problem
unseemly
and penny-pinching.
2
SEBI need not agree, and there could be a rather
unseemly
dash.
3
Livia says we must not grieve in an excessive or
unseemly
way.
4
Likewise, each
unseemly
revelation erodes whatever respect the royal family still commands.
5
Later, perhaps, after the object of Thorin's
unseemly
late-life prickishness had gone.
1
In that time I never witnessed or heard of anything
untoward
happening.
2
I'm sure Floccus will come and find you if anything
untoward
happens.
3
Joining him on the strand she said, 'Nothing
untoward
with the captain.
4
Initially, it was thought something
untoward
must have occurred on this farm.
5
These
untoward
events for a moment paralyzed the efforts of the Venetians.
1
At the funeral of Mademoiselle de Conde, a very
indecorous
incident happened.
2
This method of keeping grounds is comparatively inexpensive, therefore it is
indecorous
.
3
She knew she was being
indecorous
,
and she cared not a whit.
4
We saw nothing
indecorous
,
heard no vile language, and witnessed no violence.
5
The book is in every way an injurious and
indecorous
one.
1
Buoys are black and
uncomely
,
but they tell where the rocks are.
2
On the west are ranges of distant hills, low but not
uncomely
.
3
When he had gone out, Catherine wagged her
uncomely
grey head ominously.
4
Do you see an unusual but not
uncomely
formation of the eyebrows?
5
What doest thou in that beggar's garb,
uncomely
and desired of none?
Usage of
unbecoming
in anglès
1
They may be lovely in the box and hideously
unbecoming
when worn.
2
Pride is surely the most
unbecoming
of all vices in a fisherman.
3
The human was turning an
unbecoming
shade of purple at this point.
4
The attitude of the Bolsheviki was grossly
unbecoming
and provocative of disdain.
5
And then he did a thing highly
unbecoming
in a field officer.
6
Mr. Fox said, the opposition to the adjournment was uncandid and
unbecoming
.
7
The neck arrangement was exceedingly
unbecoming
,
and the skirt not well hung.
8
Although they insisted that she choose first, Reenie chose an
unbecoming
dress.
9
Some longtime fans heard it as an
unbecoming
grab for jock-jam status.
10
Tecumseh haughtily refused, thinking it
unbecoming
the dignity of a warrior chief.
11
As for you, general, it is still more
unbecoming
on your part.
12
Therefore it seems that it was
unbecoming
for Christ to be tempted.
13
How he persisted in his bitterness; how
unbecoming
it was in him!
14
Therefore it was
unbecoming
to furnish the tabernacle with many coverings, viz.
15
She decided that anything beyond the most modest admission would be
unbecoming
.
16
Therefore it was
unbecoming
for them to offer Him gifts and homage.
Other examples for "unbecoming"
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unbecoming
Adjective
Frequent collocations
very unbecoming
most unbecoming
so unbecoming
conduct unbecoming
unbecoming manner
More collocations
Unbecoming
through the time
Unbecoming
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common