praiseworthy
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Synonyms
admirable, applaudable, commendable, creditable, estimable, laudable, meritorious
Antonyms
censurable, discreditable, illaudable, reprehensible
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Indeed, this praiseworthy initiative needs to go further. — The Economist, "Europe heroically defends itself against veggie burgers," 28 June 2019 His simplicity and humility is always praiseworthy. — Aya Batrawy, The Seattle Times, "Pope caps visit to Arabian Peninsula with historic Mass," 5 Feb. 2019 On the plus side of the ledger, the microphone and wireless performance of Audio-Technica’s M50xBT are both praiseworthy. — Vlad Savov, The Verge, "Audio-Technica M50xBT review: better beats," 12 Nov. 2018 Even shows like Drag Race still operate with certain ideas of what constitutes praiseworthy drag, and their acting challenges often rely on clichéd caricatures of histrionic women using their sexuality and feminine wiles to catfight one another. — Daniel Villarreal, Vox, "Drag queens are more political than ever. Can they lead a movement?," 5 Nov. 2018 And many of those who have started accounts are indeed praiseworthy do-gooders, looking to help people in often-extreme distress. — Elizabeth Llorente, Fox News, "Sometimes GoFundMe goes right, sometimes very wrong ... and sometimes, way off the rails," 13 Sep. 2018 But some Southern Baptist women say their denomination, the country's largest Protestant group, needs to do more than pass praiseworthy resolutions. — Daniel Burke, CNN, "'A foretaste of the wrath of God:' Southern Baptists to confront scandals at national meeting," 11 June 2018 So is Elon Musk a Sim who has managed to avoid being turned off by being entertaining and praiseworthy? — Eben Weiss, Outside Online, "Let's Fire Elon Musk Into Space," 31 May 2018 This is perhaps the most embarrassing incident for Musk: After days of attacking the media and proposing a new platform for readers to assess an author’s credibility, Musk recommended a praiseworthy article of his argument in The Knife. — Theodore Schleifer, Recode, "Here are the three most head-scratching tweets from Elon Musk this holiday weekend," 27 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'praiseworthy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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