deserving
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
deserving/dɪˈzɜːvɪŋ/
▶adjective worthy of favourable treatment or assistance.
– derivatives
deservingly adverb,
deservingness noun.
deservingly adverb,
deservingness noun.
'deserving' also found in these Oxford entries:
admirable
- cause
- commendable
- contemptible
- credible
- creditable
- culpable
- demerit
- deplorable
- despicable
- detestable
- due
- great
- hateful
- ignominious
- immortal
- kind
- laudable
- merit good
- meritorious
- only
- piteous
- pitiable
- pitiful
- plausible
- poor
- praiseworthy
- reprehensible
- sacred
- silly
- turmeric
- unacknowledged
- undeserving
- unworthy
- World Heritage Site
- worth
- worthy
- -worthy
