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Definitions

praiseworthy

[preyz-wur-thee] / ˈpreɪzˌwɜr ði /
ADJECTIVE
deserving congratulations, adoration
Synonyms
STRONGEST
admirable commendable creditable estimable honorable laudable meritorious
WEAK
excellent exemplary fine gnarly gone meritable pillar salt of earth select slick stellar swell thankworthy tough worthy
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bad dishonorable poor unworthy
WEAK
disliked disrespected

Example Sentences

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The announcement of Dudamel’s first New York season, while praiseworthy, brought an earful of gripes about his speaking in platitudes from hardcore New Yorkers unimpressed by uplift.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

For one thing, his novel is one of the few that looks at colonizing Mars as a legitimate, even praiseworthy, escape plan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

“The effort is praiseworthy, but so excessively tardy that it is perfectly useless,” a collective of linguists wrote in the Liberation newspaper on Thursday.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2024

But “The Many Lives of Martha Stewart” includes enough of a praiseworthy viewpoint for the audience to recognize the double standard to which she was subjected in her public life.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2024

And I know that everyone will admit it would be a very praiseworthy thing to find in a prince those qualities mentioned above that are held to be good.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli