having merit; suitably good
worthy, meritorious
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)