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Showing words for DESERVING using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Deserving

deserving

8 Letter Words for Deserving

designer, diverges, energids, inversed, redesign, reedings, resigned, severing, veerings

7 Letter Words for Deserving

deeving, deniers, dereign, derives, deveins, deviser, dingers, diverge, diverse, dreeing, endives, energid, engirds, enviers, genders, generis, greined, greisen, grieved, grieves, ingreve, inserve, inverse, nereids, reeding, reeving, regiven, regives, reigned, resined, revised, sdeigne, sedgier, seeding, serving, sverige, veering, veiners, veneris, vengers, venires, verdins, versine, versing

6 Letter Words for Deserving

deeing, deigns, denier, denies, denser, denver, derigs, dering, derive, design, desine, desire, devein, devise, diener, dienes, diners, dingee, dinger, dinges, dirges, divers, driven, drives, edgers, edgier, edirne, eiders, enders, endive, engird, engrid, enrive, envied, envier, envies, envire, eserin, gender, genies, genres, gerned, gernes, girned, givees, givens, givers, greeds, greens, greins, greves, grides, grieve, grinds, grised, inseer, neives, nereid, nereis, nerved, nerves, nervid, nieves, nigers, reding, redive, regive, reigns, reined, reived, reives, renied, renies, renigs, resend, reside, resign, resing, revend, revied, revies, revise, ridges, rieved, rieves, ringed, rinsed, sdeign, seeing, seined, seiner, seiren, sender, serein, serged, serine, sering, served, sevier, sieged, sieger, sieved, siever, signed, signee, signer, sinder, singed, singer, sirene, snider, vegies, veined, veiner, vendis, venged, venger, venges, venire, venise, verdin, verged, verges, verine, versed, versin, viners, virges, viseed

5 Letter Words for Deserving

deens, deevs, deign, denes, dense, deres, derig, deriv, derns, derve, dervs, diene, digne, diner, dines, dinge, dings, dirge, diver, dives, drees, dregs, dreng, dries, drive, edger, edges, eevns, egers, egrid, eider, eigne, ender, eneid, ering, erned, ernes, erven, evens, genes, genie, genre, geres, gerne, girds, girns, girse, gived, givee, given, giver, gives, gnide, greed, green, grees, grein, grens, grese, greve, gride, grids, grind, grins, inger, insee, irene, isere, needs, neger, negev, neive, nerds, nerve, never, neves, nevis, nides, nidge, nieve, niger, redes, redig, reeds, reens, reges, regie, regin, reign, reins, reive, rends, reneg, renig, resid, resin, revie, riden, rides, ridge, rieve, rinds, rines, ringe, rings, rinse, risen, rived, riven, rives, sdein, seder, sedge, segni, seige, seine, sengi, sered, serge, serin, serve, seven, sever, sider, siege, sieve, sined, singe, sired, siren, siver, sneed, sneer, snide, veers, veges, vegie, veins, vends, venge, venie, verde, verdi, verge, vergi, verse, viers, vined, viner, vines, vired, virge, vised, visne

4 Letter Words for Deserving

deen, deer, dees, deev, deis, dene, deni, dens, dere, dern, derv, desi, deve, devi, devs, dier, dies, digs, dine, ding, dins, dire, dive, divs, dree, dreg, drie, dsri, eden, edge, eevn, eger, eide, eine, eire, ende, ends, ened, enes, engr, engs, ense, ered, eres, ergs, erie, erin, eris, erne, erns, erse, esne, even, ever, eves, geds, geed, geer, gees, gein, geir, gene, gens, gere, gers, gids, gied, gien, gies, gins, gird, gire, girn, gise, give, gree, gren, grid, grin, gris, idee, ides, inde, ired, ires, isdn, ised, neds, need, neer, negs, nerd, nese, neve, nevi, nide, nids, nied, nies, rede, reds, reed, reen, rees, regd, regs, rein, rend, reve, revs, rgen, ride, rids, ries, rigs, rind, rine, ring, rins, rise, rive, seed, seen, seer, seir, send, sene, sere, serg, serv, seve, side, sien, sier, sign, sind, sine, sing, sire, sned, snee, snig, veen, veer, vees, vein, vend, verd, veri, vers, vese, vide, vids, vied, vier, vies, vigs, vine, vins, vise

3 Letter Words for Deserving

dee, deg, dei, den, der, des, dev, die, dig, din, dir, dis, div, dsr, eds, eeg, een, eer, eir, end, ene, eng, ens, env, erd, ere, erg, ern, ers, esd, ese, esr, eve, evg, gds, ged, gee, gen, ger, gid, gie, gin, gis, gns, grs, ide, ids, ign, ind, ing, ins, inv, ire, irs, ise, isn, ive, ned, nee, neg, nei, nid, nie, nig, nis, red, ree, reg, rei, res, rev, rid, rie, rig, rin, riv, rnd, sed, see, seg, sei, sen, ser, sgd, sie, sig, sin, sir, sri, vee, veg, vei, ver, vid, vie, vig, vin, vis

Definitions for Deserving

[1] qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
[2] meriting; worthy: a criminal deserving of a lifetime sentence.
[3] to merit, be qualified for, or have a claim to (reward, assistance, punishment, etc.) because of actions, qualities, or situation: to deserve exile; to deserve charity; a theory that deserves consideration.
[4] to be worthy of, qualified for, or have a claim to reward, punishment, recompense, etc.: to reward him as he deserves; an idea deserving of study.
[5] (often postpositive and foll by of ) worthy, esp of praise or reward
[6] rare a merit or demerit; desert
[7] (tr) to be entitled to or worthy of; merit
[8] (intr foll by of ) obsolete to be worthy

Words related to Deserving

commendable, fitting, admirable, due, estimable, laudable, needy, praiseworthy, righteous, rightful, thankworthy

Words nearby Deserving

desertification, desertion, deserve, deserved, deservedly, deserving, desex, desexualize, deshabille, desi, desiccant

Origin of Deserving

e1250–1300; Middle English deserven < Anglo-French, Old French deservir, Latin dēservīre to devote oneself to the service of, equivalent to dē- de- + servīre to serve

Other words from Deserving

de·serv·ing·ly , adverb
de·serv·ing·ness , noun
self-de·serv·ing , adjective
un·de·serv·ing , adjective
un·de·serv·ing·ly , adverb
un·de·serv·ing·ness , noun
de·serv·er , noun
pre·de·serve , verb (used with object), pre·de·served, pre·de·serv·ing.

Word origin for Deserving

eC13: from Old French deservir, from Latin dēservīre to serve devotedly, from de- + servīre to serve

Synonyms for Deserving

commendable, fitting, admirable, due, estimable, laudable, needy, praisable, praiseworthy, righteous, rightful, thankworthy