praiseworthy

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praiseworthy

  • /ˈpɹeɪz.wɜː.ði/ UK
  • /ˈpɹeɪz.wɝ.ði/ US

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From praise + -worthy.

adjective praiseworthier · more praiseworthy · praiseworthiest · most praiseworthy · praise-worthy

  1. Meriting praise; worthy of high praise It is a melancholy truth that this same New York, though the most charming, pleasant, polished, and praiseworthy city under the sun, and in a word the bonne bouche of the universe, is most shockingly ill-natured and sarcastic, and wickedly given to all manner of backslidings ; for which we are very

    Similar: estimable, laudable, reverend, admirable, allowable, commendable, creditable, glorious, honorable, praiseworthy, respectable, reverable

Opposite: blameworthy

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adjective

Opposite: blameworthy

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adj meriting praise

Españolencomiable, alabable, digno de alabanza, loable
हिन्दीसराहनीय sarāhnīya, प्रशंसनीय praśansnīya
Portuguêslouvável
Françaislouable
Deutschlobenswert, rühmenswert, preiswürdig
Italianolodevole, encomiabile
Ελληνικάαινετός ainetós
Русскийдосто́йный похвалы dostójnyj
العربيةمُحَمَّد muḥammad

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@misc{praiseworthy_2026,
  title = {praiseworthy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/praiseworthy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}