What does misbecome mean?
Definitions for misbecome
ˌmɪs bɪˈkʌmmis·be·come
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misbecomeverb
To be unsuitable, unbefitting, or maladapted.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Misbecomeverb
Not to become; to be unseemly; not to suit.
Etymology: mis and become.
Either she has a possibility in that which I think impossible, or else impossible loves need not misbecome me. Philip Sidney.
What to the dauphin from England?
—— Scorn and defiance, slight regard, contempt,
And any thing that may not misbecome
The mighty sender. William Shakespeare, Henry V.That boldness which lads get amongst their play-fellows, has such a mixture of rudeness and an ill-turn’d confidence, that those misbecoming and disingenuous ways of shifting in the world must be unlearned to make way for better principles. John Locke.
Portius, thou may’st rely upon my conduct;
Thy father will not act what misbecomes him. Addison.
Webster Dictionary
Misbecomeverb
not to become; to suit ill; not to befit or be adapted to
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Misbecome
mis-be-kum′, v.t. not to suit or befit: to be unfitting.—adj. Misbecom′ing, unbecoming.—n. an impropriety.—n. Misbecom′ingness.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of misbecome in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of misbecome in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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