pretty vs unbecoming

pretty

adj
  • Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty. 

  • Cunning; clever, skilful. 

  • Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing. 

  • Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children. 

  • Awkward, unpleasant. 

adv
  • Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very. 

  • Prettily, in a pretty manner. 

noun
  • Something that is pretty. 

  • A pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person. 

verb
  • To make pretty; to beautify 

unbecoming

adj
  • Not flattering, attractive or appropriate. 

  • She wore a rather unbecoming hairstyle. 

  • Not in keeping with the expected standards of one's position. 

noun
  • The process by which something unbecomes. 

How often have the words pretty and unbecoming occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )