'Deserving' definitions:
Definition of 'deserving'
From: WordNet
adjective
Worthy of being treated in a particular way; "an idea worth considering"; "the deserving poor" (often used ironically) [syn: deserving, worth(p)]
Definition of 'Deserving'
From: GCIDE
- Deserving \De*serv"ing\, n. Desert; merit. [1913 Webster]
- A person of great deservings from the republic. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Deserving'
From: GCIDE
- Deserving \De*serv"ing\, a. Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act. -- {De*serv"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Deserving'
From: GCIDE
- Deserve \De*serve"\ (d[-e]*z[~e]rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deserved; p. pr. & vb. n. Deserving.] [OF. deservir, desservir, to merit, L. deservire to serve zealously, be devoted to; de- + servire to serve. See Serve.]
- 1. To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise. [1913 Webster]
- God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. --Job xi. 6. [1913 Webster]
- John Gay deserved to be a favorite. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve reprehension. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A man that hath So well deserved me. --Massinger. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deserving'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admirable,
- ascribable,
- attributable,
- beyond all praise,
- comeuppance,
- commendable,
- creditable,
- deserts,
- due,
- entitled to,
- estimable,
- exemplary,
- laudable,
- merit,
- merited,
- meriting,
- meritorious,
- model,
- praiseworthy,
- rights,
- unexceptionable,
- well-deserving,
- worthy,
- worthy of