Word Meanings - PRAISEWORTHY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Worthy of praise or applause; commendable; as, praiseworthy action; he was praiseworthy. Arbuthnot.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PRAISEWORTHY)
- Estimable
- Amiable
- delectable
- worthy
- good
- meritorious
- deserving
- lovable
- praiseworthy
- Exemplary
- Laudable
- conspicuous
- honorable
- wary
- excellent
Related words: (words related to PRAISEWORTHY)
- DESERVEDNESS
Meritoriousness. - HONORABLE
1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an - 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 - CONSPICUOUS
1. Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye. It was a rock Of alabaster, piled up to the clouds, Conspicious far. Milton. Conspicious by her veil and hood, Signing the cross, the abbess - 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; - HONORABLENESS
1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness. - LAUDABLE
Healthy; salubrious; normal; having a disposition to promote healing; not noxious; as, laudable juices of the body; laudable pus. Arbuthnot. (more info) 1. Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable motives; laudable actions; - LAUDABLENESS
The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness. - 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. - DELECTABLE
Highly pleasing; delightful. Delectable both to behold and taste. Milton. -- De*lec"ta*ble*ness, n. -- De*lec"ta*bly, adv. - EXCELLENT
1. Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, - 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 - EXCELLENTLY
1. In an excellent manner; well in a high degree. 2. In a high or superior degree; -- in this literal use, not implying worthiness. When the whole heart is excellently sorry. J. Fletcher. - 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. - EXEMPLARY
1. Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct. lives and doctrines ought to be exemplary. Bacon. 2. Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice, punishment, or - INDELECTABLE
Not delectable; unpleasant; disagreeable. Richardson. - UNDESERVER
One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy. Shak. - 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.