praiseworthy
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- praiseworthily adverb
- praiseworthiness noun
- unpraiseworthy adjective
Etymology
Origin of praiseworthy
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
Such mythmaking adds to the public's belief in the possibility of the American dream and the praiseworthy egoism of genius.
From Salon • Sep. 12, 2023
Father thought the king’s knights weren’t aggressive enough; the earl believed them to be valiant and praiseworthy.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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