Antonyms for befitting
bɪˈfɪt ɪŋbe·fit·ting

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1. befitting

   That is becoming in dress which suits the complexion, figure, and other qualities of the wearer, so as to produce on the whole a pleasing effect. That is decent which does not offend modesty or propriety. That is suitable which is adapted to the age, station, situation, and other circumstances of the wearer; coarse, heavy boots are suitable for farm-work; a juvenile style of dress is not suitable for an old lady. In conduct much the same rules apply. The dignity and gravity of a patriarch would not be becoming to a child; at a funeral lively, cheery sociability would not be decorous, while noisy hilarity would not be decent; sumptuous display would not be suitable for a poor person. Fit is a compendious term for whatever fits the person, time, place, occasion, etc.; as, a fit person; a fit abode; a fit place. Fitting, or befitting, is somewhat more elegant, implying a nicer adaptation. Meet, a somewhat archaic word, expresses a moral fitness; as, meet for heaven. Compare BEAUTIFUL.

   Antonyms:
   awkward, ill-becoming, ill-fitting, improper, indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unfit, unseemly, unsuitable

   Synonyms:
   becoming, beseeming, comely, congruous, decent, decorous, fit, fitting, graceful, meet, neat, proper, seemly, suitable, worthy

   Preposition:
   The dress was becoming to the wearer. Such conduct was becoming in him.

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1. befitting

   Antonyms:
   obligatory, compulsory, unbefitting, indecent, unbecoming, unsuitable, inappropriate, incompatible, inexpedient, improper

   Synonyms:
   fitting, decent, becoming, suitable, appropriate, proper, consistent, expedient, desirable

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1. befittingadjective

   appropriate to

   "behavior befitting a father"

   Antonyms:
   inappropriate

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1. befittingadjective

   Synonyms:
   suitable, proper, becoming, appropriate, seemly, meet, applicable, congruous

How to use befitting in a sentence?

1. Artist Dave Poulin:

   From the day of its installation, I have shared my disappointment in the final outcome and have always believed it to be by far my most unsettling sculpture, not befitting of Lucy's beauty or my ability as a sculptor.

2. Imran Khan:

   I want to tell you, Narendra Modi, that we will give a befitting response. Our armed forces are ready.

3. Ted Cruz:

   It is utterly un-befitting of a President to be engaging in those kinds of personal insults, attacks.

4. Stendhal:

   The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse -- as a luxury befitting a young man.

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