Deserving

What do we mean by deserving?

Worthy, as of reward, praise, or aid. adjective

Merit; worthiness. noun

The act of meriting; desert; merit or demerit. noun

Worthy of reward or praise; meritorious; possessed of good qualities that entitle to approbation: as, a deserving officer.

Desert; merit. noun

Meritorious; worthy. adjective

Worthy of reward or praise; meritorious adjective

Meriting, worthy (reward, punishment etc.) adjective

Desert, merit or demerit noun

Present participle of deserve. verb

Worthy of being treated in a particular way adjective

To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.

To earn, win.

To reward, to give in return for service.

To serve; to treat; to benefit.

Words that are spelled similarly to deserving:
deserving, deserting, reserving, serving, preserving, deceiving, deferring, observing, undeserving, deterring, deering, desiring, descrying, desexing, disserving, desorbing, deterging, demerging, deterding, deperming.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word deserving:
undeserving, censure, punishment, sympathy, recipients, recognition, praise, worthy, wider, scrutiny, reward, consideration, mention, blame, respect, scholarship, favourite, honor, poor, students, recipient, attention, notice, candidates, honour, lifetime, achievement, merit, moral, veterans, individuals, grants, medal, excellence, protection, poll, prize, credit, outstanding, charity.

Words that rhyme with deserving:
unnerving, serving, preserving, observing, undeserving, unswerving, swerving, curving, conserving, nerving, reserving, serv ing.

Adjectives that are often used to describe deserving:
more, most, less, least, little, only, much, best, peculiarly, better, ill, well, longer, criminal, alone, scarce, worthy, faithful, amiable, quiet, evil, eminently, intrinsically, colossal, industrious, legitimate, deed, inherently, wicked, punishment, unfortunate, undeserving, needy, genuinely, novel, daring, guilty.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective deserving:
cases, students, man, men, persons, people, mention, person, attention, poor, case, notice, objects, individuals, candidates, object, officers, democrats, members, punishment, woman, ones, consideration, causes, cause, officer, death, citizens, class, friend, student, praise, employees, children, women, soldiers, candidate, recipients, blame, charity, families, family, applicants, workers, subjects, scholars, charities, son, note, respect, pupils, reward, youth, subject, recipient, emphasis, individual, institutions, victims, boys, friends, wife, projects, gentleman, artists, comment, member, victim, fellow, child, teachers, soldier, thanks, sinner, protection, servants, characters, girl, citizen, cultivation, patients, boy, officials, pity, servant, stranger, claimants, credit, employee, lady, recognition, beneficiaries, creatures, democrat, help, veterans.

Words that sound like deserving:
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