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praiseworthiest

praiseworthiest is the superlative 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 praiseworthiest

What is praiseworthiest the superlative form of?
Praiseworthiest is the superlative form of praiseworthy.

Words near praiseworthiest in the dictionary

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

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