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Search phrase: becoming

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Antony and CleopatraAC I.iii.96Since my becomings kill me when they do notSince my becommings kill me, when they do not
CymbelineCym IV.iv.15In such a time nothing becoming you,In such a time, nothing becomming you,
CymbelineCym V.v.22With dignities becoming your estates.With Dignities becomming your estates.
Henry VIIIH8 II.iii.54It was a gentle business, and becomingIt was a gentle businesse, and becomming
Love's Labour's LostLLL II.i.67Within the limit of becoming mirth,Within the limit of becomming mirth,
MacbethMac III.i.13And all-thing unbecoming.And all-thing vnbecomming.
MacbethMac IV.iii.91The king-becoming graces,The King-becoming Graces,
PericlesPer IV.iii.12Becoming well thy fact. What canst thou saybecomming well thy face, what canst thou say
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.iii.54Stick misbecomingly on others, on himSticke misbecomingly on others, on them
The Winter's TaleWT III.iii.21So filled and so becoming. In pure white robes,So fill'd, and so becomming: in pure white Robes

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
SonnetsSonn.127.13 Yet so they mourn, becoming of their woe, Yet so they mourne becomming of their woe,
SonnetsSonn.150.5 Whence hast thou this becoming of things ill, Whence hast thou this becomming of things il,

Glossary

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becomedbecoming, befitting, appropriate
becominggrace, quality, befitting action
comelygraceful, becoming, decent
disgracefullacking in grace, unbecoming, displeasing
fairtidily, neatly, becomingly
fairlycordially, warmly, becomingly
featbecoming, neat, well-fitting
ill-beseemingunseemly, inappropriate, unbecoming
maddingbecoming mad, frenzied
misbecomeappear unbecoming to, be unseemly to
misbecominglyunbecomingly, unattractively, unfittingly
overtoppinggetting above oneself, becoming too ambitious
probationcandidature for membership, process of becoming a novice
seemingseemingly, becomingly
unsquaredbadly fitting, unsuitable, unbecoming

Thesaurus

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ambitious, becoming tooovertopping
appear unbecomingmisbecome
becomingbecomed
becomingcomely
becomingfeat
becominglyfair
becominglyfairly
becominglyseeming
mad, becomingmadding
novice, becoming aprobation
unbecomingdisgraceful
unbecomingill-beseeming
unbecomingunsquared
unbecoming, appearmisbecome
unbecominglymisbecomingly

Themes and Topics

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Functional shift...   eye ac i iii 97 my becomings kill me when they do not / eye well to...
Responses... over all functions with yea and nay becoming restricted to emphatic usage (they eve...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BECOMEBASICbecoming adj, becoming n
BECOMENOTmisbecomingly adv, unbecoming adj
UNBECOMINGBASICsee BECOME

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