unbecoming as an adjective: - 1
unbecoming
adjective
1 unbecoming
Not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society:
— Language unbecoming to a lady.
synonyms: indecent, indecorous, uncomely, unseemly, untoward.
Roget 940:
dishonest,
dishonorable;
unconscientious,
unscrupulous;
fraudulent
etc.
545;
knavish;
disgraceful
etc.
(disreputable)
974;
wicked
etc.
945.
false-hearted,
disingenuous;
unfair,
one-sided;
double,
double-hearted,
double-tongued,
double-faced;
timeserving†,
crooked,
tortuous,
insidious,
Machiavelian,
dark,
slippery;
fishy;
perfidious,
treacherous,
perjured.
infamous,
arrant,
foul,
base,
vile,
ignominious,
blackguard.
contemptible,
unrespectable,
abject,
mean,
shabby,
little,
paltry,
dirty,
scurvy,
scabby,
sneaking,
groveling,
scrubby,
rascally,
pettifogging;
beneath one.
low-minded,
low-thoughted†;
base-minded.
undignified,
indign†;
unbecoming,
unbeseeming†,
unbefitting;
derogatory,
degrading;
infra dignitatem [Lat.],
beneath one's dignity;
ungentlemanly,
ungentlemanlike;
unknightly†,
unchivalric†,
unmanly,
unhandsome;
recreant,
inglorious.
corrupt,
venal;
debased,
mongrel.
faithless,
of bad faith,
false,
unfaithful,
disloyal;
untrustworthy;
trustless,
trothless†;
lost to shame,
dead to honor;
barratrous.
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Roget 925:
undue;
unlawful
etc.
(illegal)
964;
unconstitutional;
illicit;
unauthorized,
unwarranted,
disallowed,
unallowed†,
unsanctioned,
unjustified;
unentitled†,
disentitled,
unqualified,
disqualified;
unprivileged,
unchartered.
illegitimate,
bastard,
spurious,
supposititious,
false;
usurped.
tortious [Law].
undeserved,
unmerited,
unearned;
unfulfilled.
forfeited,
disfranchised.
improper;
unmeet,
unfit,
unbefitting,
unseemly;
unbecoming,
misbecoming†;
seemless†;
contra bonos mores [Lat.];
not the thing,
out of the question,
not to be thought of;
preposterous,
pretentious,
would-be.
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Roget 874:
disgraced
etc.
v.;
blown upon;
shorn of its beams"
[Milton],
shorn of one's glory;
overcome,
downtrodden;
loaded with shame
etc.
n.;
in bad repute
etc.
n.;
out of repute,
out of favor,
out of fashion,
out of countenance;
at a discount;
under a cloud,
under an eclipse;
unable to show one's face;
in the shade,
in the background;
out at elbows,
down at the elbows,
down in the world.
inglorious;
nameless,
renownless†;
obscure;
unknown to fame;
unnoticed,
unnoted†,
unhonored,
unglorified†.
shameful;
disgraceful,
discreditable,
disreputable;
despicable;
questionable;
unbecoming,
unworthy;
derogatory;
degrading,
humiliating,
infra dignitatem [Lat.],
dedecorous†;
scandalous,
infamous,
too bad,
unmentionable;
ribald,
opprobrious;
errant,
shocking,
outrageous,
notorious.
ignominious,
scrubby,
dirty,
abject,
vile,
beggarly,
pitiful,
low,
mean,
shabby base
etc.
(dishonorable)
940.
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Roget 24:
disagreeing
etc.
v.;
discordant,
discrepant;
at variance,
at war;
hostile,
antagonistic,
repugnant,
incompatible,
irreconcilable,
inconsistent with;
unconformable,
exceptional
etc.
83;
intrusive,
incongruous;
disproportionate,
disproportionated†;
inharmonious,
unharmonious†;
inconsonant,
unconsonant†;
divergent,
repugnant to.
inapt,
unapt,
inappropriate,
improper;
unsuited,
unsuitable;
inapplicable,
not to the point;
unfit,
unfitting,
unbefitting;
unbecoming;
illtimed,
unseasonable,
mal a propos [Fr.],
inadmissible;
inapposite
etc.
(irrelevant)
10.
uncongenial;
ill-assorted,
ill-sorted;
mismatched,
misjoined†,
misplaced,
misclassified;
unaccommodating,
irreducible,
incommensurable,
uncommensurable†;
unsympathetic.
out of character,
out of keeping,
out of proportion,
out of joint,
out of tune,
out of place,
out of season,
out of its element;
at odds with,
at variance with.
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Polish: nieobyczajny
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 ... show more.
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