becomingness
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9.9
- noun
- /bɪˈkʌmɪŋnəs/
- Archaic
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- He improved his becomingness by adopting a more polished style and paying attention to his grooming.
Examples
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Her new dress added a sense of becomingness to her overall appearance, making her look both elegant and fashionable.
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It was now the past that seemed most real, while the future still seemed void, and the present merely the impalpable becomingness of the indestructible past.
Blog text (5) -
"Talking points," techniques for addressing individual customers' concerns, treated the last value, becomingness, with circumspection.
Academic text (1996) -
One such manual identified the values sought by male customers as serviceability, comfort, style or fashion, appearance ("a look of good quality"), a trade name, and becomingness.
Academic text (1996) -
Advertisements for men's clothes, like the floorwalker or sales assistant of the department store and retail shop, emphasized the other talking points, leaving becomingness to the eye.
Academic text (1996) -
Unable to confess a personal interest in his appearance with regard to clothing—in other words, its becomingness—the customer ascribes responsibility for it elsewhere: he "frequently says his wife or mother does not like a certain thing on him."
Academic text (1996) -
The artist's use of color in the painting enhances its becomingness, making it appealing to viewers.
Synonyms
58
1.7
An attractive face and appearance people notice
19
3.2
The quality that makes people notice and like someone's looks or character
11
2.0
A pleasing, beautiful look that makes people admire it
3
3.2
The quality of having a good-looking face, often in a man
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3.9
A state of being very beautiful or attractive
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8.4
Physical beauty that is pleasant to look at
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8.4
How beautiful something looks
The quality of being attractive and making people want something
The quality that makes people want something
A charming, innocent quality that makes someone seem friendly
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Morphology
Etymology
Becomingness comes from becoming, which comes from become, a verb that once meant 'to come to' or 'to suit'. Think of a dress that 'becomes' someone — it fits and looks right, so becomingness is the quality of being suitable or attractive.