worthy

adjective18 collocationsAvg. frequency: 6.5

followed by a noun to indicate what is deserved (e.g., attention, praise)

to a high degree

superlative, deserving more than others

emphasizes that something is very deserving

genuinely deserving

deserving to a sufficient degree (used after the adjective)

especially deserving

deserving to the same extent as someone or something else

completely deserving

used to suggest that something is not deserving

deserving based on moral principles

to have the qualities that deserve something

to appear to be deserving

to show that you are deserving

to believe something is deserving

to believe something is deserving

to form an opinion that something is deserving

(formal) to judge something as deserving