praiseworthy
UK/ˈpɹeɪz.wɜː.ði//ˈpɹeɪz.wɝ.ði/
praiseworthy adjective: meriting praise; worthy of high praise.
Adjective
praiseworthy (comparative praiseworthier or more praiseworthy, superlative praiseworthiest or most praiseworthy)
- 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
- No self-complacency can equal that of the selfish. Not content with its indulgence, they actually idolise it into being praiseworthy.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 128
- Synonyms:
- estimable, laudable, reverend, admirable, allowable, commendable, creditable, glorious, honorable, respectable
praiseworthy meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
praiseworthy in Hindi
- meriting praise
- सराहनीय sarāhnīya, प्रशंसनीय praśansnīya
praiseworthy in Marathi
- praiseworthy, commendable, laudable
- स्तुत्य stutya
- praiseworthy, laudable, commendable
- कौतुकास्पद kautukāspad
praiseworthy in Urdu
- ہیرا, خلیق, نجیب, قابل تعریف
praiseworthy in Bengali
- প্রশংসার যোগ্য, প্রশংসনীয়
More languagesFewer languages
- praiseworthy in Malayalam
- പ്രശംസനീയമായ, പ്രശംസാർഹമായ, സ്തുത്യർഹമായ
- praiseworthy in Kannada
- ಹೊಗಳತಕ್ಕ, ಮೆಚ್ಚತಕ್ಕ
- praiseworthy in Odia
- ପ୍ରଶସ୍ତ praśasta
- praiseworthy in Sanskrit
- ईड्य īḍya
- praiseworthy in Arabic
- مُحَمَّد muḥammad
Examples of praiseworthy in a sentence
- That it is a praiseworthy matter to be harboursome to strangers.1882, Walter Baxendale, The preacher's commentary on the book of Ruth:
- Some parts of New Zagreb is really good and praiseworthy urban planning.2016, Joao Teixeira Lopes, Ray Hutchison, Public Spaces: Times of Crisis and Change, page 113:
Synonyms of praiseworthy
- estimable
- laudable
- reverend
- admirable
- commendable
- creditable
- glorious
- honorable
- respectable
- reverable
5 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Antonyms
Forms of praiseworthy
| comparative | praiseworthier |
|---|---|
| comparative | more praiseworthy |
| superlative | praiseworthiest |
| superlative | most praiseworthy |
| alternative form (archaic) | praise-worthy |
Origin of praiseworthy
From praise + -worthy.
Words formed from praiseworthy
Questions about praiseworthy
- What does praiseworthy mean?
- Praiseworthy means meriting praise; worthy of high praise.
- What is praiseworthy in Hindi?
- Praiseworthy in Hindi is सराहनीय (sarāhnīya), प्रशंसनीय (praśansnīya). See Praiseworthy meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use praiseworthy in a sentence?
- That it is a praiseworthy matter to be harboursome to strangers.
- What part of speech is praiseworthy?
- Praiseworthy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce praiseworthy?
- Praiseworthy is pronounced /ˈpɹeɪz.wɜː.ði/ (UK).
Words near praiseworthy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: praiseworthy (page history and authors); कौतुकास्पद (Marathi) (page history and authors); praiseworthy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); praiseworthy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); praiseworthy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); praiseworthy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ପ୍ରଶସ୍ତ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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