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id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">deserving</span></h1> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body"> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wiktionary, the free dictionary</div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="contentSub2"></div> <div id="jump-to-nav"></div> <a class="mw-jump-link" href="#mw-head">Jump to navigation</a> <a class="mw-jump-link" href="#searchInput">Jump to search</a> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#English"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">English</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Pronunciation"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Pronunciation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Adjective"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Adjective</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-4"><a href="#Antonyms"><span class="tocnumber">1.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Antonyms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Derived_terms"><span class="tocnumber">1.2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Derived terms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#Translations"><span class="tocnumber">1.2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Translations</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Noun"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Noun</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="#Translations_2"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Translations</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Verb"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Verb</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=deserving&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=deserving&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" class="extiw" title="w:General American English">General American</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/dɪˈzɝvɪŋ/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/dɪˈzɜːvɪŋ/</span> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_southern_England" class="extiw" title="w:English in southern England">Southern England</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-deserving.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-deserving.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-deserving.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-deserving.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-deserving.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-deserving.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-deserving.wav" title="File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deserving.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%C9%9C%CB%90(%C9%B9)v%C9%AA%C5%8B" title="Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)vɪŋ"><span class="IPA">-ɜː(ɹ)vɪŋ</span></a></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="en">de‧serv‧ing</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=deserving&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">deserving</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparative" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en comparative-form-of" lang="en">more <strong class="selflink">deserving</strong></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en superlative-form-of" lang="en">most <strong class="selflink">deserving</strong></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/worthy" title="worthy">worthy</a> of <a href="/wiki/reward" title="reward">reward</a> or <a href="/wiki/praise" title="praise">praise</a>; <a href="/wiki/meritorious" title="meritorious">meritorious</a> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">the <a href="/wiki/deserving_poor#English" title="deserving poor"><b>deserving</b> poor</a></i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/meriting" title="meriting">meriting</a>, <a href="/wiki/worthy" title="worthy">worthy</a> (reward, punishment etc.) <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1941</b></span> September, “Notes and News: The London & Blackwall Cable Railway”, in <cite>Railway Magazine</cite>, pages <span class="None" lang="und">424–425</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">In the midst of a world war many centenaries pass unnoticed, but one which fell on August 2, namely, the opening of Fenchurch Street station, is <b>deserving</b> of record.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Antonyms">Antonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=deserving&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Antonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/undeserving#English" title="undeserving">undeserving</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=deserving&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="2"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/deservingly#English" title="deservingly">deservingly</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/deservingness#English" title="deservingness">deservingness</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/nondeserving#English" title="nondeserving">nondeserving</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/undeserving#English" title="undeserving">undeserving</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=deserving&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-worthy_of_reward_or_praise"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">worthy of reward or praise</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="worthy of reward or praise"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="похвален (page does not exist)">похвален</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD" class="extiw" title="bg:похвален">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">pohvalen</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD#Bulgarian" title="достоен">достоен</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD" class="extiw" title="bg:достоен">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">dostoen</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/loffelijk#Dutch" title="loffelijk">loffelijk</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/loffelijk" class="extiw" title="nl:loffelijk">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/dignus#Latin" title="dignus">dignus</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/dignus" class="extiw" title="la:dignus">(la)</a></span></li> <li>Norman: <span class="Latn" lang="nrf"><a href="/wiki/m%C3%A9thitouaithe#Norman" title="méthitouaithe">méthitouaithe</a></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/wiki/tampat#Tagalog" title="tampat">tampat</a></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D1%81%D1%85%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9#Ukrainian" title="схвальний">схва́льний</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">sxválʹnyj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9#Ukrainian" title="гідний">гі́дний</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">hídnyj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-meriting,_worthy"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">meriting, worthy</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="meriting, worthy"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%89#Bulgarian" title="заслужаващ">заслужаващ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%89" class="extiw" title="bg:заслужаващ">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">zaslužavašt</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/mereixedor#Catalan" title="mereixedor">mereixedor</a></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/inda#Esperanto" title="inda">inda</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/inda" class="extiw" title="eo:inda">(eo)</a></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/merecedor#Galician" title="merecedor">merecedor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/merecedor" class="extiw" title="gl:merecedor">(gl)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/verdient#German" title="verdient">verdient</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/verdient" class="extiw" title="de:verdient">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/dignus#Latin" title="dignus">dignus</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/dignus" class="extiw" title="la:dignus">(la)</a></span></li> 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/deserving" title="deserving – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="deserving" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/deserving" title="deserving – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="deserving" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/deserving" title="deserving – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="deserving" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/deserving" title="deserving – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="deserving" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/deserving" title="deserving – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="deserving" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/deserving" title="deserving – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="deserving" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/deserving" title="deserving – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="deserving" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wiktionary.org/wiki/deserving" title="deserving – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="deserving" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/deserving" title="deserving – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="deserving" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/deserving" title="deserving – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="deserving" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/deserving" title="deserving – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="deserving" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/deserving" title="deserving – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="deserving" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/deserving" title="deserving – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="deserving" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/deserving" title="deserving – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="deserving" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/deserving" title="deserving – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="deserving" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/deserving" title="deserving – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="deserving" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" 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