Word Meanings - DESERVING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Desert; merit. A person of great deservings from the republic. Swift.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DESERVING)

• Estimable
• Amiable
• delectable
• worthy
• good
• meritorious
• deserving
• lovable
• praiseworthy

Related words: (words related to DESERVING)

• DESERVEDNESS
  Meritoriousness.
• AMIABLENESS
  The quality of being amiable; amiability.
• DESERVE
  1. To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise. God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. Job xi. 6. John
• AMIABLE
  friend, fr. amare to love. The meaning has been influenced by F. aimable, L. amabilis lovable, fr. amare to love. Cf. Amicable, 1. Lovable; lovely; pleasing. So amiable a prospect. Sir T. Herbert. 2. Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious;
• LOVABLE
  Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love. Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat. Tennyson.
• DESERVEDLY
  According to desert ; justly.
• DESERVING
  Desert; merit. A person of great deservings from the republic. Swift.
• WORTHY
  worthi, wurÞi, from worth, wurÞ, n.; cf. Icel. verthugr, D. waardig, 1. Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous. Full worthy was he in his lordes war. Chaucer. These banished men that
• DELECTABLE
  Highly pleasing; delightful. Delectable both to behold and taste. Milton. -- De*lec"ta*ble*ness, n. -- De*lec"ta*bly, adv.
• ESTIMABLE
  1. Capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable damage. Paley. 2. Valuable; worth a great price. A pound of man's flesh, taken from a man, Is not so estimable, profitable neither, As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats. Shak. 3.
• MERITORIOUS
  Possessing merit; deserving of reward or honor; worthy of recompense; valuable. And meritorious shall that hand be called, Canonized, and worshiped as a saint. Shak. -- Mer`i*to"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Mer`i*to"ri*ous*ness, n.
• ESTIMABLENESS
  The quality of deserving esteem or regard.
• DESERVER
  One who deserves.
• PRAISEWORTHY
  Worthy of praise or applause; commendable; as, praiseworthy action; he was praiseworthy. Arbuthnot.
• UNDESERVER
  One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy. Shak.
• INDELECTABLE
  Not delectable; unpleasant; disagreeable. Richardson.
• UNDESERVE
  To fail to deserve. Milton.
• LAUGHWORTHY
  Deserving to be laughed at. B. Jonson.
• SEAWORTHY
  Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargo with safety; as, a seaworthy ship.
• UNAMIABLE
  Not amiable; morose; ill-natured; repulsive. -- Un*a"mi*a*bly, adv.
• INAMIABLE
  Unamiable. -- In*a"mi*a*ble*ness, n.
• INESTIMABLE
  Incapable of being estimated or computed; especially, too valuable or excellent to be measured or fully appreciated; above all price; as, inestimable rights or privileges. But above all, for thine inestimable love. Bk. of Com. Prayer. Science is
• BLAMEWORTHY
  Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible. -- Blame"wor`thi*ness, n.