deservingadjective
uk/dɪˈzɜː.vɪŋ/us/dɪˈzɝː.vɪŋ/If people or things are deserving, they should be helped because they have good qualities:
a deserving cause/charity
be deserving of sth formal
to deserve to get something:
His efforts are certainly deserving of praise.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Deserving and deserved
- birthright
- come
- comeuppance
- deserts
- deserve
- deserved
- deservedly
- get your just deserts idiom
- had it coming (to you) idiom
- hard-earned
- he/she deserves whatever/everything he/she gets idiom
- just
- merit
- serve
- serve sb right idiom
- well earned
- worthy
- worthy
Idiom(s)
the deserving poor