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Another word for deserving

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Adjective

  1. Deserving honor, respect, or admiration

    See also:

    value

    respect

    praise

    good

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Another word for deserving

Modifier
  1. See also:

    worthy

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Sentence Examples

  • Julius is deserving of particular honour for his patronage of art and literature.

  • I realize in most ways Edith isn't deserving of too much sympathy, but I still think of her as a tragic figure.

  • He provided work for the deserving poor, supplied them with clothes and food in seasons of special distress.

  • He founded museums, libraries and schools, and inaugurated scholarships and a fund from which deserving scholars desirous of studying in England and America could obtain their expenses.

  • The nomenclature or " lettering " of maps is a subject deserving special attention.

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