worthy

[wor·thy]

Use the adjective worthy to describe the good causes to which you donate a little money each year. Their admirable qualities are what make them worthy.

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Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.

Noun
word is often used humorously

Adjective S.
worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents found the girl suitable for their son"

Adjective S.
morally admirable; "a worthy citizen"

Adjective S.
having high moral qualities; "a noble spirit"; "a solid citizen"; "an upstanding man"; "a worthy successor"

Adjective S.
meriting respect or esteem; "the worthy gentleman"

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Adjective
having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable; "a worthy fellow"; "no student deemed worthy, and chosen for admission, would be kept out for lack of funds"- Nathan Pusey; "worthy of acclaim"; "orthy of consideration"; "a worthy cause"


n.
Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.

n.
Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one.

n.
Of high station; of high social position.

n.
A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies.

v. t.
To render worthy; to exalt into a hero.


Worthy

Wor"thy , a. [Compar. Worthier ; superl. Worthiest.] [OE. worthi, wur'edi, from worth, wur'ed, n.; cf. Icel. ver'ebugr, D. waardig, G. w'81rdig, OHG. wird'c6g. See Worth, n.] 1. Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.
Full worthy was he in his lordes war.
These banished men that I have kept withal Are men endued with worthy qualities.
Happier thou mayst be, worthier canst not be.
This worthy mind should worthy things embrace.
2. Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one.
No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway.
The merciless Macdonwald, Worthy to be a rebel.
Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear.
And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know More happiness.
The lodging is well worthy of the guest.
3. Of high station; of high social position. [Obs.]
Worthy women of the town.
Worthiest of blood (Eng. Law of Descent), most worthy of those of the same blood to succeed or inherit; -- applied to males, and expressive of the preference given them over females. Burrill.

Worthy

Wor"thy, n.; pl. Worthies . A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies.
The blood of ancient worthies in his veins.

Worthy

Wor"thy, v. t. To render worthy; to exalt into a hero. [Obs.] Shak.

Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.

A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies.

To render worthy; to exalt into a hero.

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Usage Examples

A member must say that he is a member of the Unification Church and that he is the follower of Sun Myung Moon. If he doesn't have the courage to say it, he is not worthy of me.

But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.

God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him.

Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.

Clearly, some creative thinking is badly needed if humans are to have a future beyond Earth. Returning to the Moon may be worthy and attainable, but it fails to capture the public's imagination. What does get people excited is the prospect of a mission to Mars.

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.

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Other Usage Examples

I couldn't be happier about being a part of 'Hunger Games' and to play Katniss. I have a huge responsibility to the fans of this incredible book and I don't take it lightly. I will give everything I have to these movies and to this role to make it worthy of Suzanne Collins' masterpiece.

I cannot think of anything more difficult than to say something which would be worthy of this impressive and, for me, memorable occasion, and of the ideals and purposes which inspired the Nobel Peace Award.

Certainly, protecting oppressed people, stopping ethnic conflict and promoting responsible governance are worthy goals. But none is as important for American security and prosperity as keeping the peace in the Middle East, Europe and East Asia.

A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.

Find your self-respect now. Don't dumb yourselves down. Think of yourself as capable and worthy of finding a guy who is going to respect you, too. It's so important, I mean, and the confidence you get from feeling smart and tackling something like mathematics, which is a challenge, right? Math is hard.

Being a monarchist - saying that one small group is born more worthy of respect than another - is just as warped and strange as being a racist.

Each is under the most sacred obligation not to squander the material committed to him, not to sap his strength in folly and vice, and to see at the least that he delivers a product worthy the labor and cost which have been expended on him.

Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel.

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