praiseworthy

English

Alternative forms

• praise-worthy (archaic)

Etymology

From praise +‎ -worthy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹeɪz.wɜː.ði/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹeɪz.wɝ.ði/

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Adjective

praiseworthy (comparative praiseworthier or more praiseworthy, superlative praiseworthiest or most praiseworthy)

1. Meriting praise; worthy of high praise

Usage notes

• Praiseworthier and praiseworthiest are much less common than the forms using "more" and "most".

Synonyms

• applaudable
• commendable
• laudable

Antonyms

• blameworthy

Derived terms

• praiseworthiness

Translations

meriting praise

• Bulgarian: похвален (bg) (pohvalen)
• Catalan: lloable, encomiable (ca)
• Czech: chvályhodný (cs) m
• Dutch: prijzenswaardig (nl), lofwaardig (nl), achtenswaardig (nl)
• Esperanto: laŭdinda, laŭdebla
• French: louable (fr)
• German: lobenswert (de), rühmenswert, preiswürdig (de)
• Greek: αινετός (el) (ainetós)

  Ancient: ἐπαινετός (epainetós)

• Hindi: सराहनीय (hi) (sarāhnīya)
• Hungarian: dicséretre méltó
• Italian: lodevole (it), encomiabile (it)
• Latin: laudābilis
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: prisverdig, rosverdig, rosande

• Ottoman Turkish: مندوب (mendub), مبرور (mebrur)
• Polish: chwalebny (pl), godny pochwały
• Portuguese: louvável (pt)
• Russian: досто́йный (ru) (dostójnyj) похвалы (ru) f (poxvaly)
• Sanskrit: ईड्य (sa) (īḍya)
• Serbo-Croatian: достојан
• Spanish: encomiable (es), alabable (es), digno de alabanza m, loable (es)
• Swedish: tacknämlig (sv), lovvärd (sv), berömvärd (sv)
• Tocharian B: pällarṣke
• Turkish: takdire değer, takdire şayan
• Ukrainian: похвальний (poxvalʹnyj)