deserves
Meaning of deserves
verb, 3rd person present
- do something or have or show qualities worthy of (a reaction which rewards or punishes as appropriate).
the referee deserves a pat on the back
we didn't deserve to win
Middle English: from Old French deservir, from Latin deservire ‘serve well or zealously’.
Information about deserves
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of deserves
de-serves
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- deserves is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
deserves synonyms
Meaning deserve or be worthy of (reward, punishment, or attention):
Meaning gain deservedly in return for one's behaviour or achievements:
Meaning justify or necessitate (a course of action):
Meaning be worthy of; merit:
Meaning show or prove to be right or reasonable:
Meaning having, done for, or marked by a good or legitimate reason:
Meaning able to be shown to be right or reasonable; defensible:
Meaning having a legitimate right to property, position, or status:
Meaning expected at or planned for at a certain time:
Meaning restore to a normal or upright position:
Meaning based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair:
Meaning (of the weather) become fine:
Meaning a small part on or attached to a piece of furniture or equipment:
Meaning take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission:
Meaning right or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation:
Meaning denoting something that is truly what it is said or regarded to be; genuine:
Meaning having sound judgement; fair and sensible:
Meaning appropriate or suitable in the circumstances:
Meaning (of punishment or retribution) appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing; fitting and deserved:
Meaning arrange or happen to come into the presence or company of (someone):
deserves antonyms
Meaning not warranted, merited, or earned:
Words that rhyme with deserves
carves, dwarves, headscarves, scarves, semidwarves, starves, swarves, varves, wharves, conserves, cryopreserves, disserves, enerves, innerves, kerves, misobserves, nerves, observes, outserves, perves, preserves, reobserves, reserves, serves, sterves, subserves, swerves, undeserves, unnerves, unreserves, verves, wherves, corves, curves, decurves, incurves, lurves, outcurves, recurves, turves, upcurves
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