praiseworthy

English

Alternative forms

praise-worthy (archaic)

Etymology

praise +‎ -worthy

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹeɪz.wɜː.ði/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹeɪz.wɝ.ði/
Audio (Mid-Atlantic) (file)

Adjective

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

Meriting praise; worthy of high praise

Usage notes

Praiseworthier and praiseworthiest are much less common than the forms using "more" and "most".[1]

Synonyms

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)

References

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=praiseworthier%2Cmore+praiseworthy%2Cpraiseworthiest%2Cmost+praiseworthy&year_start=1900&year_end=2019&corpus=en-2019&smoothing=3

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