deservingOverview of verb deserve; "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done")Overview of adj deservingThe adj deserving has 1 sense 1. deserving, worth -- (worthy of being treated in a particular way; "an idea worth considering"; "the deserving poor" (often used ironically)) Made possible by Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010. http://wordnet.princeton.edu |