misbecome

American  

[mis-bi-kuhm] / ˌmɪs bɪˈkʌm /

verb (used with object)

misbecame, misbecome, misbecoming

1. to be unsuitable, unbecoming, or unfit for.

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misbecome British  

/ ˌmɪsbɪˈkʌm /

verb

1. (tr) to be unbecoming to or unsuitable for

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Etymology

Origin of misbecome

First recorded in 1520–30; mis- ¹ + become

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Example Sentences

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misbecome misbecame misbecoming

He said in a low voice, "I trust, madam, that I will do naught that may misbecome a gentleman."

From Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia by Mary Johnston

I have no wishes which misbecome a virtuous woman.

From The History of the Life of the Late Mr Jonathan Wild the Great by Henry Fielding

But, without doing so, it will not misbecome us to be cautious, and to reflect what we do, before we take a leap into illimitable space.

From Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author by William Godwin

These wuz coward feelin's an' they misbecome me; the ache herein this heart uv mine had no business there.

From Second Book of Tales by Eugene Field

However, I am already old enough to acquit myself honestly and courteously to my friends and relations, and to encourage no reports of your mistress which would misbecome a queen and her kinswoman.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. by David Hume

Thou didst what deed that misbecame thy life?

From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles

So the heart of the Marquis was hardened, and he was strengthened to do that which misbecame him both as a gentleman and a landlord.

From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Anthony Trollope

But having acquired it she discovered herself to be too tall and too broad for it, so that it misbecame her mightily.

From The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh by Katharine Tynan

More than all, I conceive disgust at those impertinent and misbecoming familiarities, inscribed upon your ordinary tombstones.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

If ladies prefer what is ugly and misbecoming, the dressmakers have to make it.

From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by George Routledge

There is something misbecoming a man in the bloom of youth, and labouring under no natural disadvantages and infirmities, in the subsisting in any manner upon the bounty of another.

From Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian by William Godwin

“Stop your grog, indeed!” said Remarkable, rising with great indignation, and seizing a candle; “you’re groggy now, Benjamin and I’ll quit the room before I hear any misbecoming words from you.”

From The Pioneers by James Fenimore Cooper

Is there any thing misbecoming or ungentle about me?

From The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter by William Burnaby

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