praiseworthy
[preyz-wur-th ee]
Origin of praiseworthy
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Related Words for praiseworthy
estimable, admirable, meritorious, honorable, commendable, creditable, laudable, excellent, exemplary, fine, gnarly, gone, keen, pillar, select, slick, stellar, swell, tough, worthyExamples from the Web for praiseworthy
Contemporary Examples of praiseworthy
Shame and pride are simply not things all Jews should feel about the reprehensible and praiseworthy acts of all other Jews.
Historical Examples of praiseworthy
This praiseworthy sentiment is often the cause of their ruin.
The Industries of AnimalsFrdric Houssay
Is it only an ardent and, upon the whole, praiseworthy desire for information?
Notes on Life and LettersJoseph Conrad
The only praiseworthy thing about this moral poem was that it soon got lost.
My ReminiscencesRabindranath Tagore
"Threw down their guns," he repeated, as though that were a praiseworthy action.
Lords of the NorthA. C. Laut
Now I am not of those who think it praiseworthy to be always at home.
Girls and WomenHarriet E. Paine (AKA E. Chester}
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