deserving

Speech parts

1. deserving - Noun

2. deserving - Adjective

3. deserving - Verb

5. deserving - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Deserve

Desert; merit.

Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

worth sterling immaculate right due rate good fine fit credit valuable excellent earn warrant justify
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Antonyms

undeserving cheap notorious inappropriate unacceptable awkward
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Phrases with the word

less deserving be deserving of deserving effort deserving blame deserving exculpation deserving each other

Examples

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving. William Shakespeare

If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt. Marcus Aurelius

No matter how qualified or deserving we are, we will never reach a better life until we can imagine it for ourselves and allow ourselves to have it. Richard Bach

Your relations are more deserving of your generosity. Arabic Proverb

Courts grant not their favours as men are good and deserving. Latin Proverb

Riches fall not always to the lot of the most deserving. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

deserver deserves a life deserves it deserving blame deserving each other deserving effort