befitting
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 9
/biːˈfɪt.ɪŋ/(UK)
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/biːˈfɪt.ɪŋ/(UK) · /bɪˈfɪt.ɪŋ/(US)
Definition of befitting
2 senses · 2 parts of speech
verb
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of befit
“But these are not thoughts befitting me; I will endeavour to resign myself cheerfully to death and will indulge a hope of meeting you in another world.”
“Emmanuel Macron joined heady celebrations in the France dressing room, dabbing alongside star midfielder Paul Pogba and delivering a rousing speech to the team after they won the World Cup in a final befitting a thrilling month-long tournament.”
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verb
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of befit
“But these are not thoughts befitting me; I will endeavour to resign myself cheerfully to death and will indulge a hope of meeting you in another world.”
“Emmanuel Macron joined heady celebrations in the France dressing room, dabbing alongside star midfielder Paul Pogba and delivering a rousing speech to the team after they won the World Cup in a final befitting a thrilling month-long tournament.”
adj
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Appropriate, becoming.
“He moved with a befitting grace.”
“At a time when the old have never been more vulnerable and, in many cases, lonely, here is a befitting reminder that the frail souls you see sitting in a semi-circle in a day room on the TV news, their eyes distant and their hair like candy floss, do not necessarily feel as you think they look.”
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Words you can make from befitting
88 playable · top: FETTING (11 pts)
Best play fetting 11 points7-letter words
3 words6-letter words
7 words5-letter words
9 words4-letter words
22 words3-letter words
33 words- FIB 8 pts
- FIG 7 pts
- GIF 7 pts
- BEG 6 pts
- BIG 6 pts
- EFT 6 pts
- FEN 6 pts
- FET 6 pts
- FIE 6 pts
- FIN 6 pts
- FIT 6 pts
- GIB 6 pts
- BEN 5 pts
- BET 5 pts
- BIN 5 pts
- BIT 5 pts
- NEB 5 pts
- NIB 5 pts
- ENG 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- GIN 4 pts
- GIT 4 pts
- NEG 4 pts
- TEG 4 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TET 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TIT 3 pts
2-letter words
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