1. Worthy of being treated in a particular way
   "the deserving poor"
   - worth

1. Be worthy or deserving
   "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"
   - merit

See also: deservingness, worthy

Type of: be

• arrivederci
• arriver
• arriviste
• arrière pensée
• arroba
• arrogance
• arrogant
• arrogantly
• arrogate
• arrogation
• arrogator
• arrondissement
• arrow
• arrow arum
• arrow grass
• Cheever
• cheewink
• chef
• chef's salad
• chef-d'oeuvre
• Cheilanthes
• Cheilanthes alabamensis
• Cheilanthes eatonii
• Cheilanthes gracillima
• Cheilanthes lanosa