'Unbecoming' definitions:
Definition of 'unbecoming'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry" [syn: indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward]
Definition of 'Unbecoming'
From: GCIDE
- Unbecoming \Un`be*com"ing\, a. [Pref. un- not + becoming.] Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper. [1913 Webster]
- My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] -- {Un`be*com"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Un`be*com"ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'unbecoming'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- awkward,
- beneath one,
- cheap,
- chintzy,
- clumsy,
- debasing,
- degrading,
- demeaning,
- deplorable,
- disgraceful,
- gauche,
- gutter,
- humiliating,
- humiliative,
- ill-adapted,
- ill-assorted,
- ill-chosen,
- ill-fitted,
- ill-matched,
- ill-sorted,
- ill-suited,
- ill-timed,
- improper,
- in bad taste,
- inadmissible,
- inapplicable,
- inapposite,
- inappropriate,
- inapt,
- indecent,
- indecorous,
- indelicate,
- indiscreet,
- inelegant,
- inept,
- infelicitous,
- infra dig,
- infra indignitatem,
- irrelevant,
- mal a propos,
- maladjusted,
- maladroit,
- malapropos,
- malodorous,
- misjoined,
- mismatched,
- mismated,
- misplaced,
- offensive,
- opprobrious,
- out of character,
- out of joint,
- out of keeping,
- out of line,
- out of place,
- out of proportion,
- out of season,
- out of time,
- out of tune,
- outrageous,
- pitiful,
- rough,
- sad,
- scandalous,
- shameful,
- shocking,
- sorry,
- tasteless,
- too bad,
- unadapted,
- unapt,
- unbefitting,
- unbeseeming,
- undecorous,
- undignified,
- undue,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfitting,
- ungenteel,
- ungentlemanly,
- ungodly,
- unladylike,
- unqualified,
- unseasonable,
- unseemly,
- unsuitable,
- unsuited,
- untasteful,
- untimely,
- untoward,
- unworthy of one,
- vulgar