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

• beard lichen
• beard moss
• beard worm
• bearded
• bearded darnel
• bearded iris
• bearded seal
• bearded vulture
• bearded wheatgrass
• beardless
• beardless iris
• beardown
• bearer
• bearer bond
• Bearer of the Sword
• bearing
• bearing brass
• bearing false witness
• bearing metal
• bearing rein
• bearing wall
• bearish
• bearishness
• bearskin
• bearwood