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# praiseworthy

«praiseworthy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Deserving praise; good and admirable** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (praiseworthy, more praiseworthy, most praiseworthy)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Deserving praise; good and admirable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/praiseworthy/#m1)

2) (formal) Worth being approved of, even if not completely successful: «a praiseworthy effort». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/praiseworthy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school reports and ethics lessons: praiseworthy behaviour, a praiseworthy effort. It often praises the effort or intention rather than the result. In the exam voice it is a polite, slightly formal word. Phrases: «praiseworthy effort», «praiseworthy aim», «highly praiseworthy».

### examples

- Lucy's honesty about the broken window was praiseworthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/praiseworthy/#x1)
- Raising money for the animal shelter is a praiseworthy idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/praiseworthy/#x2)
- It was a praiseworthy effort, even though we lost the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/praiseworthy/#x3)
- The headteacher said the class's behaviour on the trip was praiseworthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/praiseworthy/#x4)
- Helping a lost child is praiseworthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/praiseworthy/#x5)
- Giving up your seat to an old person is a praiseworthy habit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/praiseworthy/#x6)
- He gave himself up entirely to the race, and ran with his house on his back, which was all, of course, very praiseworthy; and therefore he obtained the second prize." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/praiseworthy/#x7)

### note

One word: praise + worthy. Similar words: «admirable», «commendable», «creditable». Opposite: «blameworthy». It is mostly used in writing or formal talk.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «praiseworthy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/praiseworthy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.