Word Meanings - WORTHFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Full of worth; worthy; deserving. Marston.

Related words: (words related to WORTHFUL)

• DESERVEDNESS
  Meritoriousness.
• 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
• WORTH
  1. That quality of a thing which renders it valuable or useful; sum of valuable qualities which render anything useful and sought; value; hence, often, value as expressed in a standard, as money; equivalent in exchange; price. What 's worth in
• DESERVEDLY
  According to desert ; justly.
• WORTHWHILE
  Worth the time or effort spent. See worth while. worthy. -- worthwhileness.
• WORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth. Who is sure he hath a soul, unless It see, and judge, and follow worthiness Donne. She is not worthy to be loved that hath not some feeling of her
• WORTHFUL
  Full of worth; worthy; deserving. Marston.
• 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
• WORTHILY
  In a worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably; becomingly. You worthily succeed not only to the honors of your ancestors, but also to their virtues. Dryden. Some may very worthily deserve to be hated. South.
• WORTHLESS
  Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless magistrate. 'T is a worthless world to win
• DESERVER
  One who deserves.
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• PETWORTH MARBLE
  A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay at Petworth, in Sussex, England; -- called also Sussex marble.
• UNDESERVER
  One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy. Shak.
• PENNYWORTH
  1. A penny's worth; as much as may be bought for a penny. "A dear pennyworth." Evelyn. 2. Hence: The full value of one's penny expended; due return for money laid out; a good bargain; a bargain. The priests sold the better pennyworths. Locke. 3.
• UNDESERVE
  To fail to deserve. Milton.
• LAUGHWORTHY
  Deserving to be laughed at. B. Jonson.
• SEAWORTHINESS
  The state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather. Kent.
• DEARWORTH
  Precious. Piers Plowman.
• SEAWORTHY
  Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargo with safety; as, a seaworthy ship.
• UNWORTH
  Unworthy. Milton.
• PRAISEWORTHILY
  In a praiseworthy manner. Spenser.