well-earned
Adjective
Meaning
well-earned (comparative more well-earned, superlative most well-earned)
deserved
Alternative names
well earned
Synonyms
Examples
I'm very proud of my well-earned wrinkles, so show 'em.
In the meanwhile I retire to my well-earned bath-chair, from which I shall watch with a fatherly eye the philosophic gambols of my younger friends as they dance to the highly syncopated pipings of Herr Wittgenstein's flute.
He said: “Seafield Bakery will be deeply missed by many of us in Banff, but I wish Mr and Mrs Clark many happy years of well-earned retirement.”
National Plan for Vacation Day on January 28 is the perfect reminder to plan to use those well-earned days off to travel.
Still, fortune favours the greedy and when it became clear an ascent of the Reek wasn’t an option, the adventurers fast-forwarded to feet-up time and the well-earned pint (even though the ‘earning’ part was merely the drive).
As wiped-out as you may be, give yourself a well-earned pat on the back.