becoming Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb enter or assume a certain state or condition
    go; become; get.
    • He became annoyed when he heard the bad news
    • It must be getting more serious
    • her face went red with anger
    • She went into ecstasy
    • Get going!
  2. verb undergo a change or development
    become; turn.
    • The water turned into ice
    • Her former friend became her worst enemy
    • He turned traitor
  3. verb come into existence
    become.
    • What becomes has duration
  4. verb enhance the appearance of
    become; suit.
    • Mourning becomes Electra
    • This behavior doesn't suit you!
  5. adjective satellite according with custom or propriety
    comme il faut; decent; seemly; comely; decorous.
    • her becoming modesty
    • comely behavior
    • it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money
    • a decent burial
    • seemly behavior
  6. adjective satellite displaying or setting off to best advantage
    • a becoming new shade of rose
    • a becoming portrait

WordNet

Be*com"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.
    A low and becoming tone. Thackeray.
    Formerly sometimes followed by of.
    Such discourses as are becoming of them. Dryden.
    Syn. -- Seemly; comely; decorous; decent; proper.
Be*com"ing noun
Definitions
  1. That which is becoming or appropriate. Obs.

Webster 1913