Be*com"ing, a. Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.

A low and becoming tone.
Thackeray.

Formerly sometimes followed by of.

Such discourses as are becoming of them.
Dryden.

Syn. -- Seemly; comely; decorous; decent; proper.

Be*com"ing, n. That which is becoming or appropriate. [Obs.]

• present participle and gerund from the verb to become
  
• (slightly dated?) pleasingly suitable to the particular person involved