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

• hook line and sinker
• Hook of Holland
• hook on
• hook shot
• hook spanner
• hook up with
• hook wrench
• hook-nosed
• hook-shaped
• hookah
• Hooke
• Hooke's law
• hooked
• hooker
• Hooker's green
• Hooker's onion
• Hooker's orchid
• hookey
• hooking
• hooklet
• hooklike
• hooknose
• hooks
• hookup
• hookworm