Praiseworthy

Quick meaning: Praiseworthy is an adjective meaning Meriting praise; worthy of high praise.

Meaning

Meriting praise; worthy of high praise.

Example Sentences

That it is a praiseworthy matter to be harboursome to strangers.

Some parts of New Zagreb is really good and praiseworthy urban planning.

No self-complacency can equal that of the selfish. Not content with its indulgence, they actually idolise it into being praiseworthy.

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 sorry, indeed.

Word Forms

• praiseworthier
• praiseworthiest
• praise-worthy

Synonyms for praiseworthy

Depending on context, synonyms include applaudable, commendable, laudable, estimable, reverend, admirable.

Antonyms for praiseworthy

Common opposites include blameworthy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include applaudable, laudable, commendable, worthy, admirable, commend.

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