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
