praiseworthy
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- praiseworthily adverb
- praiseworthiness noun
- unpraiseworthy adjective
Etymology
Origin of praiseworthy
Example Sentences
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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
Vance, have emphasized social campaigns, such as pressuring employers to fire people who celebrated the death—or, in some cases, who simply questioned whether Kirk was a praiseworthy figure.
From Slate • Oct. 1, 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
But “The Many Lives of Martha Stewart” includes enough of a praiseworthy viewpoint for the audience to recognize the double standard to which she was subjected in her public life.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 2024
Laurie bit his lips, and turning a little from the pensive speaker, read the following document, with praiseworthy gravity, considering the spelling:
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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