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praiseworthier

praiseworthier is the comparative form of praiseworthy.

Meaning of praiseworthy

Adjective

praiseworthy (comparative praiseworthier or more praiseworthy, superlative praiseworthiest or most praiseworthy)

  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...1807 April 18, Washington Irving, “To Correspondents”, in Salmagundi, G. P. Putnam's sons, New York, pages 183–184

Questions about praiseworthier

What is praiseworthier the comparative form of?
Praiseworthier is the comparative form of praiseworthy.

Words near praiseworthier in the dictionary

  1. praises to the skies
  2. praises with faint damns
  3. praisesome
  4. praisest
  5. praiseth
  6. praiseworthier
  7. praiseworthiest
  8. praiseworthily
  9. praiseworthiness
  10. praiseworthy
  11. praising

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