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having merit; suitably good

worthy, meritorious

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Cases of word usage

1) deserving respect and praise (admirable)

2) deserving to be greatly appreciated and loved (adorable)

3) deserving or causing contempt (contemptible)

4) (of a person, behaviour, crime) deserving punishment (culpable)

5) to cause (a person) to be less moral or less deserving of respect (degrade)

6) causing a person to be considered less moral or less deserving of respect (degrading)

7) showing or deserving derision (derisive)

8) deserving to be despised (despicable)

9) deserving praise (laudable)

10) a kind of small insect living on the bodies of people and animals; a bad person deserving severe criticism (louse)

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