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unseeming

unseeming verb: hesitating; scrupling.

Verb

unseeming

  1. (obsolete) hesitating; scrupling
    • You wrong the reputation of your name,
      In so unseeming to confess receipt
      Of that which hath so faithfully been paid.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Adjective

unseeming (comparative more unseeming, superlative most unseeming)

  1. (proscribed) unseemly; inappropriate, or showing bad manners

Forms of unseeming

comparativemore unseeming
superlativemost unseeming

Origin of unseeming

From un- + seeming.

Words formed from unseeming

Questions about unseeming

What does unseeming mean?
Unseeming means hesitating; scrupling.
What part of speech is unseeming?
Unseeming can be a verb or an adjective.

Words near unseeming in the dictionary

  1. unseel
  2. unseeled
  3. unseelie
  4. unseeling
  5. unseels
  6. unseeming
  7. unseemingly
  8. unseemlier
  9. unseemliest
  10. unseemlily
  11. unseemliness

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