deserved

Examples

• All

• The victim in no way deserved the pain that he was put through.

• So you got a little well deserved power, but you got greedy.

• People DESERVED to die, to lose their homes, DESERVED?

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• They win the respect, the deserved trust of the people they deal with.

• In a way he deserved to win, but he didn't.

• TIME FOR SOME WELL-DESERVED SHUTEYE.

  The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964)

• DESERVED.

  The Bird Store (1932)

• After all his hard work, he finally received the promotion he deserved.

• Her honesty earned her the deserved praise from her colleagues.

• Many believe that he deserved the award for his outstanding contributions.

Synonyms

R

rightful

vsdeserved

82 4.1

Having a legal or moral claim to something

focuses on legal or formal entitlement rather than arising from actions

M

merited

vsdeserved

4.5

Earned because of actions or good qualities

also covers outcomes seen as justified whether good or bad

E

earned

vsdeserved

2.2

Gained by someone's own hard work or skill

also applies to outcomes judged appropriate including punishments as well as rewards

M

meritable

vsdeserved

7.7

Worthy of praise or reward

is broader covering any appropriate outcome not only praise or reward

Antonyms

U

unjustified

19 4.8

Not having a good reason for something

U

undeserved

11 4.2

A reward or punishment someone does not earn and that is not fair

How Deserved

deserved

1 3.4

justified

4 4.1

warrantable

7.2

unjustified

19 4.8

undeserved

11 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology