well-deserved

A form of deserved — Fair; merited.

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Meanings

adjectivewell-deserved (comparative more well-deserved, superlative most well-deserved)

comparative more well-deserved · superlative most well-deserved · alternative well deserved

  1. emphaticemphatic form of deserved (when used as an adjective); richly deserved, well and truly earnt.

    a well-deserved holiday / reward / (prison) sentence

Origin

From well + deserved.

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Translations

Danish velfortjent
  • velfortjentrichly deserved
Dutch welverdiend
  • welverdiendrichly deserved
German wohlverdient
  • wohlverdientrichly deserved
Italian strameritato
  • strameritatorichly deserved
Norwegian Bokmål velfortjent
  • velfortjentrichly deserved
Russian заслу́женный
  • заслу́женный (zaslúžennyj)richly deserved
Spanish bien merecido
  • bien merecidorichly deserved
Swedish välförtjänt
  • välförtjäntrichly deserved
Cite this entry
APA

well-deserved. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/well-deserved

MLA

“well-deserved.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/well-deserved. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “well-deserved,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/well-deserved.

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