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• deserving — Synonyms and related words: admirable, ascribable, attributable, beyond all praise, comeuppance, commendable, creditable, deserts, due, entitled to, estimable, exemplary, laudable, merit, merited, meriting, meritorious, model, praiseworthy,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• well-thought-of — adjective receiving deferential regard a respected family • Syn: ↑respected • Similar to: ↑reputable * * * adj respected, highly regarded, esteemed, venerated, admired, looked up to, honoured, revered ≠ despised, looked down on * * *… …   Useful english dictionary

• Deserving — Deserve De*serve (d[ e]*z[ e]rv ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deserved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deserving}.] [OF. deservir, desservir, to merit, L. deservire to serve zealously, be devoted to; de + servire to serve. See {Serve}.] 1. To earn by service; to be …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• well-regarded — adj. * * * well regarded UK [ˌwel rɪˈɡɑː(r)dɪd] US [ˌwel rɪˈɡɑrdəd] adjective respected and admired well regarded as: He is very well regarded as a teacher. Thesaurus: deserving praise, respect and admirationsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

• The Deserving Favourite — is a Caroline era stage play, a tragicomedy written by Lodowick Carlell that was first published in 1629. The earliest of Carlell s plays and also the best, [Charles Henry Gray, Lodowick Carliell, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1905; p. 48 …   Wikipedia

• List of ecclesiastical abbreviations — The words most commonly abbreviated at all times are proper names, titles (official or customary), of persons or corporations, and words of frequent occurrence. A list of those used in Roman Republican and early Imperial times may be seen in… …   Wikipedia

• Ecclesiastical Abbreviations —     Ecclesiastical Abbreviations     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Abbreviations     The words most commonly abbreviated at all times are proper names, titles (official or customary), of persons or corporations, and words of frequent… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Teaching of St. Augustine of Hippo —     Teaching of St. Augustine of Hippo     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Teaching of St. Augustine of Hippo     St. Augustine of Hippo (354 430) is a philosophical and theological genius of the first order, dominating, like a pyramid, antiquity and… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• worthy — Synonyms and related words: Christian, Establishment, VIP, able, acceptable, acceptable person, admirable, admissible, aristocratic, au fait, august, baron, beyond all praise, beyond price, big gun, big man, big name, bigwig, blameless, brass,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• creditable — Synonyms and related words: Christian, admirable, beyond all praise, blameless, clean, colorable, commendable, credible, decent, deserving, erect, esteemed, estimable, ethical, exemplary, fair, full of integrity, good, held in esteem, high minded …   Moby Thesaurus