DESERVING
Dictionary entry overview: What does deserving mean? • DESERVING (adjective)
The adjective DESERVING has 1 sense:
1. having sufficient worth
Familiarity information: DESERVING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DESERVING (adjective)
Meaning:
Having sufficient worth
Synonyms:
deserving; meriting; worth
Context examples:
an idea worth considering / a cause deserving or meriting support / the deserving poor
Similar:
worthy (having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable)
Domain usage:
irony (a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs)
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